Review: Errors @ Clwb
Swn Presents Errors
Clwb Ifor Bach
13th February 2012
With their jagged guitars and jumpy synths Glasgow four piece Errors hit Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach this week as part of their UK-wide Have Some Faith In Magic tour.
The Scottish electronic outfit, signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action Records, are touring their third album as they attempt to make their way into a more mainstream market, using vocals on more tracks than ever before. “We intended the vocals to be used as another instrument,” explains the group’s Steve Livingstone, “we’ve used them in a way that sits really naturally, maybe some of the melodies we used to play on guitar have moved onto vocal and that gives the album something recognisably human.”
I agree. Errors’ new record is their best yet and should bring them more radio play and more attention on the festival circuit this summer.
Tom Rogerson (from Three Trapped Tigers) opened the night with his set of improvised tracks on the synthesiser, with his melancholic vocals helping to create a powerful and moving sound. Fellow Glaswegians Remember Remember then played their psychedelic music via an array of instruments and blasted Clwb with a wall of sound, not always pleasantly.
Errors’ pop-synth sound could come straight from the 80s yet their uplifting melodies and often cosmic guitar riffs are undeniably fit for a 2012 audience. Much better in a live setting than on record, the band instantly created a party-like atmosphere with dance-floor friendly Pleasure Palaces a highlight of the night. The filled venue and warm reaction of the crowd suggests further success for the band this year.
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