show without punch :
Show Without Punch is a piano-led trio, sitting somewhere between Tom Waits and Regina Spektor, ranging from bitter tongue-in-cheek perfect pop-ballads through to funk, skiffle and even a little drum’n’bass. Roger Illingworth provides gruff vocals over percussive piano lines, backed by Adam Jarvis on upright and electric bass, and Raph Saib on drums.
The band play regularly around London at some of the capitals best small venues – the Troubadour, the Windmill, the Slaughtered Lamb – and have supported the Broken Family Band at two sell-out performances, one at London’s 2000-capacity Scala venue.
Show Without Punch are now recording their first album – a self-titled collection of 13 songs that draw influence from throughout the deep well of popular song: a tired, worn James Brown on “Baby Cakes”; an insistent and drunken Shane MacGowen on the ballad “Come On Home”; a long Icelandic post-rock build on “Peace”. There’s even a touch of Steve Reich in the dense rhythms of “Worm and Coxcomb”.
The album is due in Spring 2007, with performances throughout the UK and France in support of its launch.
website:
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Show Without Punch is a piano-led trio, sitting somewhere between Tom Waits and Regina Spektor, ranging from bitter tongue-in-cheek perfect pop-ballads through to funk, skiffle and even a little drum’n’bass. Roger Illingworth provides gruff vocals over percussive piano lines, backed by Adam Jarvis on upright and electric bass, and Raph Saib on drums.
The band play regularly around London at some of the capitals best small venues – the Troubadour, the Windmill, the Slaughtered Lamb – and have supported the Broken Family Band at two sell-out performances, one at London’s 2000-capacity Scala venue.
Show Without Punch are now recording their first album – a self-titled collection of 13 songs that draw influence from throughout the deep well of popular song: a tired, worn James Brown on “Baby Cakes”; an insistent and drunken Shane MacGowen on the ballad “Come On Home”; a long Icelandic post-rock build on “Peace”. There’s even a touch of Steve Reich in the dense rhythms of “Worm and Coxcomb”.
The album is due in Spring 2007, with performances throughout the UK and France in support of its launch.
website:
show without punch's myspace page
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