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Devious call to arms at Barfly
REVIEW SOL DEVIOUS Barfly
“THIS one’s for those evil bastards knocking down Stables Market.”
With the mecca of rock stars, artists and other assorted ne’erdowells about to fall into the hands of tourists and cappuccino sippers, the Stables, and Camden, is in crisis.
Sure there are one or two unsavoury characters, an alleged rodent problem and the place could maybe do with a lick of paint, but if you want pristine coffee shops and faceless wine bars you’d head to Upper Street, wouldn’t you?
Thankfully we still have bands like Sol Devious.
Constituting friends from local schools, this is a band that have grown up in the bars of good old Camden Town. And like all performances in front of home crowds, Sol Devious’ gig in front of a packed out Barfly had a triumphant air to it.
In between venting his rage at corporate developers and lamenting the pitfalls of the various pills and powders that can be purchased on local street corners, Sol Devious frontman Olly Hill delivers passionate vocals with all the swagger of a cockney Liam Gallagher or Tom Meighan.
Accompanied with dark, rumbling bass riffs and beats that soon had most of the venue moving, the five-piece frequently display shades of indie-dance acts like Kasabian or Campag Velocet.
But it is when the band play the more melodic Charlatans-esque You + Me, that Sol Devious truly show their worth.
It seems, then, that signing petitions to save Camden may have failed. Sol Devious, however, show there is still one way to fight the descent into banality.
So head down to one of Camden’s many venues, and you might just come across a band like this.
MATTHEW FINNEGAN
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