Emergency Break and CVC at Oslo

No I haven't started to travel abroad for gigs. This was not Oslo Norway, but Oslo Hackney. Its a nice venue and really quite close to where I live as the crow flies. But not so good for real transport.

Anyway, this gig gave me a chance to finally track down a band I had wanted to see liv for ages, Emergency Break. And they didn't disappoint. Sort of post punk band, full of energy with a brilliantly entertaining front man, Leo. Look forward to seeing them headline in due course. Real force of nature stuff. They gave this their all, especially Leo, as if they were playing Wembley rather than a small and slightly ageing gathering in Hackney. But I suspect they made a few converts. Leo is a vey engaging young man (the rest of the band seem a lot more introverted but he has personality to spare. Hope they get much bigger.

During the interval before the main act I met up with a new colleague of mine who is a big fan of the main act, because they are from Cardiff where he went to university. Obviously I was very chuffed that a young man finds me at a trendy venue in Hackney. How cool! 

CVC have obviously been around for a while, but I don't know why I hadn't heard of them before. Everyone around me in the crowd to whom I got chatting swore I would be impressed. And I was. Thoroughly. Everything. Songs were great, vocals and harmonies superb, friendly jocular personae.

I left the venue very entertained and with two CVC cds!