GIG REVIEW: Wired Desire
- Posted on October 6, 2008 7:47 PM
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Wired Desire
The Fly, London
29th September 2008
Review by Katie Spain
“Are you hanging around for the show?” asked Wired Desire frontman Kieran Daly in the waterlogged backstreets behind London’s Metro. I stall before telling the harsh truth;
“I’d love to but I have to go and see Stevie Wonder”.
It seemed like a copout and for a second I considered passing up my O2 tickets in preference to a sweaty night with this Scottish fivesome. It almost sounds x-rated and trust me, I wouldn’t have minded if it was. Hell, this band has it all; looks, youth, a self-assured swagger and the well deserved knowledge that they sound bloody fantastic.
Luckily I was fortunate enough to catch them at their showcase gig at The Fly the night before. Stevie may have sucked me in this night, but I won’t miss Wired Desire again. These guys are set to rise to the top of the game and I don’t want to miss a step of their journey. I’ve not yet heard what the guys delivered during their Metro gig but the notoriously hard to please media crowd at The Fly soon warmed to their riff heavy repertoire of tight knit Hard Rock tunes.
You’ve got to hand it to them; as pork pies and scotch eggs disappeared down journo gullets, free booze flowed and Wired Desire wasted no time in launching into a short but frenzied set. They’ve supported Wishbone Ash, Eric Bell and Bad Company and their experience shows. This is a tight knit band with a cracking new release on their side. The ‘Barely Illegal’ EP shines with infectious tunes; “No One Sleeps”, “The Hard Stuff”, “Damn Hard” and “Ride” make our dusty Rock hungry hearts skip a beat.
Their performance dripped of bands gone by; but this lot take the Hard Rock genre and make it their own. Frontman Daly has a stage presence his Indie peers should look up to. Confident, self assured and raw in the vocal department; impressive for someone with no professional training. That goes for all of these lads; you can’t help but imagine them holed up in their bedrooms as young Scottish kids, cultivating their long rocker hair and mastering their art while the rest of the world went about building the foundations of a normal and oh-so-much-more-boring life.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing Indie about this lot; to say so would be an offence. Their jeans are tight, their influences obvious and their passion inspiring. They made me want to ditch the detox, pull on some tight blacks, sleep with roadies, knock back a bottle of JD and snort bad stuff in corners. Unfortunately, we can’t all be genuine Rockers; let’s leave it to the pros. See this band pronto; small venues and support slots may soon be a thing of the past. In this case, success is inevitable.
Debut EP, Barely Illegal is released on 6th October
Related links:
Wired Desire official site.
Wired Desire on MySpace.
Wired Desire concert tickets.
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