T in the Park review: Broken Records

Published on Tuesday 14 July 2009 13:27

BBC Introducing Stage, Saturday, 7.45pm

It's been a tumultuous 18 months for Edinburgh's Broken Records. After an inaugural baptism of praise, the instrumentally-endowed septet's debut LP, Until the Earth Begins to Part, was shredded by the sharpened claws of the UK's music press core.

Champing at the bit to prove they're more than just a flash in TitP's airfield-sized pan, the group storm through a set brimming with the same feral intensity that made the early day showings such breathless propositions.

Breakneck renditions of live favourites 'If the News Makes You Sad...' and 'A Good Reason' fizz the crowd into a sea of flailing limbs and sweaty torsos that verges on utter discord. Thankfully, closing candle-burner 'Slow Parade' restores order; uniting punters and band via the glory of heart-struck song.

The slog's been troubled, but on this performance Broken Records prove they're more than up to the challenge.

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