Slow Club made a long awaited appearance in Nottingham this month, after the rescheduling of the May gig. Their new album, ‘Paradise’, dominated the set. Charles and Rebecca seem to have steered away from their previous more folky vibe, using interesting layered vocals and a brilliant sax solo to mix everything up. ‘Two Cousins’ and ‘Horses Jumping’ stood out in particular as recommendable highlights of the album. The crowd responded best to their older singles, but still seemed to enjoy the band’s very (almost too) chilled first official try out of the new stuff. It was a low key, friendly sort of affair. The relaxed feeling even spread to the performance, when at one point mistakes caused a few too many breaks in the song. But this didn’t take too much away from an overall enjoyable taste of this increasingly talented and diverse band. Not forgetting a lovely casual chat with the band after the set, who stood about the merchandise stand spending more time complimenting their saxophonist than accepting any praise.
Suze Britton
