Every now and then you go to see a band you like and come across a gem that you have never heard of before. This was the case at The Halls in Wolverhampton when I turned up to watch Garbage.
Lucia and the Best Boys hail from Glasgow and have been around about 8 years, so we were told, and released their debut album, (Burning Castles) last year. I am led to believe this new material was a departure from earlier guitar shredding tunes with grunge influences. Now, the more elemental electro pop music draws from experiences growing up, mixing with empowerment and a blast of Scottish heritage. The result is a hypnotic sound unleashing the forces of nature with an air of mysticism and magic to enchanting indie-rock. More importantly, they deliver excellent songs in both music and lyrics.
Launching their small support set with When You Dress Up, the appropriately titled Haunt You Back followed before my favourite song of the night in Angels Cry Too. All three came from the Burning Castles album before a new song in Picking Petals. This, as with the album songs, plus, So Sweet I Could Die which followed was written in the far north of Scotland on the Isle of Lewis, in a little croft which seems to have inspired the new sounds. This information was relayed by lead singer, Lucia Fairfull who also told as to how they came to be supporting Garbage. This was a combination of fandom, mutual respect and admiration, plus a fair amount of social media networking. And I am so glad of this because otherwise I would never have discovered this wonderful band.
Joining Fairfull on stage were Ally Scott, Christopher Ballantyne and Adam Campbell. Lucia and the Best Boys ended their set with Forever Forget and Perfectly Untrue to massive applause from those who had initially come only to see Garbage. However, like myself (who has already bought the back catalogue), these new admirers will join the fan club and continue to follow their progress.
Cheers
Antony N Britt - Author 