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Gertrude's bass drum, a model of old liquorice chops has the best seat in the house, for tonight Nana records are launching their 'Talon Salon' compilation EP - with alarming results. To wit, Gertrude consist of five women who make a brittle, battling post-punk noise, possibly akin to The Belle Stars bungee jumping. Or, as both guitarists are wearing fantastic noo wave jackets and school ties, perhaps they're an amalgamation of every single jerky agit inclined record released in 1979. They are very weird.
Some Sonic stampede over the horizon and things take yet another turn for the bizarre. Fronted by a hyperactive sort called Petra, this all female quartet make a bendy sort of noise which doesn't so much defy categorisation as take it round the back of the Dublin Castle for a swift kicking. Bold of thorax and twitchy of demeanor, Petra's got the blues (she's the point where Billie Holiday meets 'Summer Holiday' - at a wild guess) and isn't afraid to abuse them. leading her fellow Sonics through a weaving, darkly atmospheric soundscape. Right now it's all rougher than a mongoose's minder, but in the months to come, Some Sonic could well start to redefine their own name. After all, it takes all sorts. Simon Williams |