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Warpaint, Twin Shadow, The Neat » 21 Feb

Melanie McGovern | Tuesday 1 February, 2011 22:27

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Shepherd’s Bush Empire | W12 8TT
If you failed to hear of this LA four-piece until now you’ve clearly been hibernating since the summer. Following their Exquisite Corpse EP in 2008, The Fool was hailed as one of last year’s best releases. Their name’s been splattered across town since the hazy summer, on through dreary autumn and the pitch blackness of winter; proving their psychedelic art-rock hauntingly capable of transcending climate and mood. Both dreamy and sinister, dreary (but the good “depressing music is good for the soul” kind) and sweet, their gloomy, grungy guitars paired with a quartet of female vocals are enough to satisfy any Cat Power lover’s appetite. Multiplied by four obviously! They play their biggest UK show to date at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on the 21st February, joined by Twin Shadow.

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