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[lewisbarfootmusic-blog]

Massive thanks to @mariarrcello for accompanying me on the #SummerSundaysTour. It's been a blast! Learnt so much X and met aim at awesome people. thanks to @bluemanbrighton @bicycleshopnorwich #croftersrights @marwoodcoffeeshop @railway_inn @soundadviceuk @acousticfolkhighway @hornimanmuseumgardens #jerichotavern & #birchwoodcommunity for having us! Until the exit time (at The Blue Man)

[celinamacdonald]

Comanechi - Jericho Tavern, 9/10/13

It’s obvious from the outset that this will be a memorable and unpredictable night. Opening for Comanechi are local act Agness Pyke; the lead singer, dressed like a toy soldier and wearing a Hula Hoops bag in place of a war medal, sings and preaches from a self-help book. The audience maintain a safe distance as though unsure if this captivating performer is as genuinely off – the – hook as he seems. Later, main support Female Smell use the space in front of the stage as their front-man throws himself around throughout the band’s riot of a set.

   Comanechi’s Akiko ‘Keex’ Matsuura throws off her fur coat on-stage to reveal a typically flamboyant outfit covered in sequins and feathers. The band rocket through their set, the songs all at once deliciously pop-catchy and violently loud and disjointed. Akiko talks briefly between songs: “This is a song called ‘Hate’,” she says, “Are you ready?” But without waiting for a reply she is already screaming the opening verse. Akiko swings ambivalently from themes of love to hate as she owns the stage completely. Guitarist Simon Petrovitch sways to his urgent, jangly guitar, causing a ripple of excitement from the audience with the opening riff of ‘Love is the Cure’. Drummer Charlie Heaton has a teddy bear hanging off the front of his vest until the animal falls off, a casualty of the violence of the performance. It’s not just toy bears getting lost in all the excitement, the audience certainly are too – easy when a band is this infectiously energetic.