Hailing from Southampton, the hometown of Craig David and Scott Mills, Fly Frankie Fly join the long list of indie-electro club bands on the circuit. They have the dedication to produce a catalogue of songs long enough for a live set list but like so many before them, they lack the skill to produce an EP viable enough for a label to be interested. Having said this they have appeared on the ‘Radio One – Rob Da Bank show’ and have received a mixture of reviews from “[the] most amazing front man” to “kind of indescribable!” which you can take whichever way you wish. As a band, the sound is upbeat, catchy and you can feel yourself dancing to it to a certain extent but it is definitely not a band I would find myself listening to in preparation for a night out. The live reviews are positive and they may be a band that performs better under the imperfect but somewhat satisfying conditions that you can only encounter in a claustrophobic clubroom with a few hundred screaming fans in front of you. And they do have a fan base, comprising of over five thousand members (according to MySpace) so there’s obviously some “Fly Frankie Fly bug” that you can only become infected with after direct contact with the band, that you just cant contract from the music alone. I won’t go out of my way to watch this band but to those who are interested to sample them, the Solent duo can be found in a Southampton club in the near future.
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Posted by david_statter |
Hailing from Southampton, the hometown of Craig David and Scott Mills, Fly Frankie Fly join the long list of indie-electro club bands on the circuit. They have the dedication to produce a catalogue of songs long enough for a live set list but like so many before them, they lack the skill to produce an EP viable enough for a label to be interested. Having said this they have appeared on the ‘Radio One – Rob Da Bank show’ and have received a mixture of reviews from “[the] most amazing front man” to “kind of indescribable!” which you can take whichever way you wish. As a band, the sound is upbeat, catchy and you can feel yourself dancing to it to a certain extent but it is definitely not a band I would find myself listening to in preparation for a night out. The live reviews are positive and they may be a band that performs better under the imperfect but somewhat satisfying conditions that you can only encounter in a claustrophobic clubroom with a few hundred screaming fans in front of you. And they do have a fan base, comprising of over five thousand members (according to MySpace) so there’s obviously some “Fly Frankie Fly bug” that you can only become infected with after direct contact with the band, that you just cant contract from the music alone. I won’t go out of my way to watch this band but to those who are interested to sample them, the Solent duo can be found in a Southampton club in the near future.
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