Summer Sundae 2006
indiecredential.com Brakes cannot fail in these circumstances. How can the casual observer not be won over by the likes of All Night Disco Party, Ring A Ding Ding Ding and the magnificent Porcupine Or Pineapple? One of the joys of this performance was the reaction to the likes of Hi, How Are You or Cheney, which got played twice in a row, the second time a Leicester Remix, from the many watching who had never heard the band before. Brakes should really have played the Main Stage.
thedailygrowl.blogspot.com Brakes were certainly one of the highlights of Summer Sundae... they ranged from Sex Pistol like pop songs to comical country tunes... what I did see was well performed and was enough to keep me well interested despite the fact it is very easy to dose off in the comfortable balcony seats. This is only my first festival so I have nothing to compare it to but even I could tell this band could keep even some of the most snobbish rock lovers entertained.
angryape.com Brakes blast through a plethora of sharp sub 90 second, 70s rock propelled sizzlers. Their whizzing nature is epitomised by 'Pick Up The Phone' that whizzes by the ears of eager listeners and disappears again in the blink of an eye. The punk spiked new song 'Porcupine or Pineapple' shows the band's new direction, as they utilise hounding guitars to propel Eamon's hoarse vocals, delivering mystical and eccentric lyrics.
Chris in Brighton has photos. "They played a fantastic set, were the tightest and best sounding I have seen them"
tonight-we-fly.livejournal.com What can you possibly say about Brakes (10/10)? Astronomically on form, and unbeatable in every way.
onelosthousemate.blogspot.com Brakes - Possibly the best band of saturday. Played a stormer, and one song twice as its that short. Yep, did all the ridiculous songs including Pick up the phone.
blog.myspace.com/redcid Mad and schizophrenic indie rock next from Brakes next... A set which seemed to mostly include songs that just 'ended' as if they were just playing free samples of each song - plus a couple of 20 second one-lyric punk-shout songs although hidden in amongst all this horsing around were one or two great rock tunes.
blog.myspace.com/zertrudetrout "CHENEY CHENEY CHENEY CHENEY CHENEY CHENEY CHENEY STOP BEING SUCH A DICK" Brakes performed this song twice, the guys in the tent next door to us performed it all Saturday night, much to my appreciation. Brakes were, in my humble opinion, the best band of the weekend.
blog.myspace.com/1roses Highlights included: Brakes, who have songs that last only 10 seconds but are loud enough to cause internal haemmoraging and are Frank Black-worryingly yelpy.
blog.myspace.com/robertjessetelford This year's Art Brut-style blast of brilliance was given by Brakes. Despite having a 30-minute set and only a 29-minute album (plus a couple of new tracks) to play with, I still wanted them to play for another half an hour. I shouted "again" when they played Cheney. Eamon (frontman): "we're not playing it again... someone count us in then." Genius. A genuinely thrilling band, I can't wait for the next album.
weddingpresent.livejournal.com "very very good they were as usual and another of the weekends highlights"
sweepingthenation.blogspot.com ... a band who'd work really well outdoors are, yes, indoors... in the case of Brakes the question "what were they like?" can be answered "they're Brakes, how can they be anything other than tremendous?" A blistering opening of Ring A Ding Ding, Hi How Are You, Heard About Your Band and Pick Up The Phone - four songs in about five minutes - ensures the hall is packed out for a set that understandably leans heavier on the album than that at Truck but is completely unstinting in every other way, from Tom White's power leaps to the traditional casual attendee-confuser of Cheney, which they play twice, after the bloke behind us had asked "was that everything? Was that it?" after the first one. See the photos