Expecting a gentle dose of jangly electro folk last Tuesday we rolled up for Voice of the Seven Woods. One of our favourite haunts Mono (whose vegan tentacles are spreading relentlessly through Glasgow as we speak – 1,2,and Stereo to come) was the scene further adding to the expectations of general hippiness and good cheer. However if ever there was an example of not judging a band by it’s myspace this was it.

The second support were quite interesting – a wavery vocal based noise like the soundtrack to a brutal chinese soap opera and they set the scene for what was to come.
The extent of chin stroking males in the audience may have been an early indication but once Voice of the Seven Woods cranked up their set we realized it was less jangly electro folk and more feedback tinged noise from a psychedelic mod band. It was actually excellent – gaining synchronized nods of appreciation and scratches of chins from bald headed men around the room. A kind of analogue, math rock it had strong parallels to Battles, however it was less angular, and with less evidence of performance enhancing drugs. We left the gig entertained if a little bemused.

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