For my third 主播大秀 Introducing session spectacular, I was delighted to welcome a musically-ambitious but down-to-earth聽Glasgow band into Studio 1 at the 主播大秀 Pacific Quay buildings in Glasgow. On the strength of two phenomenal but fairly聽low-key singles on the fledgling聽label Flowers in the Dustbin (named after a Sex Pistols lyric, fact-fans!), I was intrigued to see how ' progressive arrangements and close-harmony singing would work in a live setting, and I was pleasantly rewarded.
The Deadline Shakes - Boy
Admitting to their love of
rock-opera and dismissing any pretensions of being 'cool' or hitting the
'zeitgeist', they revelled in what they do best... writing excellent songs and
performing them well. I'd described them before as having the lush harmonies of and the angular guitar lines of , but there is so much more than that as you can see. With delicacy and
dynamics, they performed the two single tracks Boy and Sweeten the Deal alongside a cover of Sorrow, made famous by but originally by The
McCoys, showing their unashamed love of 1960s 1970s pop.
The Deadline Shakes - Sweeten The Deal
With a nice line in
polite, self-effacing banter and real musical chops, The Deadline Shakes were
great guests and promise loads on their forthcoming debut album. I know c and others have also seen their potential as well. Enjoy
the tracks here and search them out LIVE when you
can.