Platform: Shrewsbury

On May 7th 2009 we played at Shrewsbury's regular Platform evening. This is a monthly arts night where local artists' of all media get a platform on which to publicly do what they do. This, in the past, has included poetry, burlesque, monologues and performance art. Fine art works are projected onto a huge screen for a regular competition and of course there is plenty of live music.

The team of volunteer organisers clearly have a passion for making every Platform night the best it can possibly be. We had played for them before (details can be found in our MySpace blogs). This time round though, we airing all new songs and introducing the new line-up.



As before, however, we were cooking. All our songs were well received, despite our concerns that we can flit from music genres with each song. New regular favourites such as 'Overwhelmed By Stimuli' and 'Frankly, My Dear...' which have more danceable beats were as popular as jazzier musical songs like 'Klezmik' and 'Five More Minutes'.

Following our set, it was so flattering that so many people were eager to find out about future gigs in the pipeline - as many wanted to bring friends along to see us, next time. The new Shropshire fanzine 'Feral Shrew' conducted a short, but lighthearted interview with us before we played - and we'd like to use this opportunity to wish them the very best for its success.

Photos: Richard Foot