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New Found Sound

Derick Mackinnon has a keen ear for a good upcoming artist; his New Found Sound project has been instrumental in showcasing some of the best groups in the country. Tonight is no different, with those in attendance at Cabaret Voltaire treated to three diverse and talented young bands. From the Highlands there's Theatre Fall, who join Glasgow based We Were Promised Jetpacks along with local boys Epic26 at Cabaret Voltaire.

Epic26 seem perfectly at ease in the gloomy surrounding of Edinburgh’s favourite underground venue. This may have been in no small part down to the impressive crowd; almost entirely there it seemed to see them perform. Their lively set is made up of lyrically witty 90’s Brit rock influenced, high temp dancefloor fillers, with the partisan crowd loving every minute of it.

We Were Promised Jetpacks also hit the ground running. Neat, instrumentally polished and most of all good fun, you couldn’t help but wonder where these guys have been hiding. It seems New Found Sound have unearthed yet another gem. Finished articles they are not, but with a name as memorable as their tunes you’d be hard pushed not to want to hear more from the foursome in future.

As good as the afore-mentioned were the star performers tonight have to be the ever confident, swaggering, electro-indie upstarts Theatre Fall. Returning to Edinburgh after their brilliant performance earlier this year at The Wee Red Bar, the band had expectations to live up to and duly set about making sure that the crowd would go home with their infectious synth’s and spiky vocals lodged in their head. If there is a better unsigned act in the country right now it’s hard to believe.

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