Warmduscher/Bikini Body, Glasgow review: ‘a punky party groove’

Warmduscher don’t take themselves too seriously but their sound is infectious, writes Fiona Shepherd

Warmduscher/Bikini Body, Queens Park Arena, Glasgow ★★★★

Glasgow’s music fans continued to roll the dice with the weather this weekend at a mini-season of indie shows at the open air Queens Park Arena.

Although dubbed Big Nights Out, the line-up offered a bijou southside alternative to the Kelvingrove Bandstand, with London’s Warmduscher and Edinburgh’s Bikini Body rocking the concrete on Saturday night.

Warmduscher

The News amped up the drollery and frenzied pace, while a cover of Marie Davidson’s Work It was perfect for them, with Kavanagh nailing the playful attitude.

They rounded off their set with a veritable cowbell orchestra on Tinnitus, which they dedicated to their ailing mentor JD Twitch of Optimo.

Warmduscher took to the stage to the soft rock strains of Chicago's If You Leave Me Now, a sign if it were needed that this band don’t take themselves too seriously.

Declamatory frontman Clams Baker Jr (not his real name, kids) – a wiry cross between Wolfman Jack and B52s frontman Fred Schneider – presided over the punky party groove laid down by his similarly monikered bandmates.

The two-pronged attack of springy guitar and bassline on Midnight Dipper was typical of their infectious sound while the woozier Pure at the Heart sounded like their idea of seduction.

Pitchshifted vocals accompanied nosebleed electro punk, and hip-hop beats, lithe drumming and fuzz synth sounds coaelesced.

There was more electro rock wigginess – accompanied by a shout-out to Glasgow’s legendary dancefloor vortex, the Sub Club – on Disco Peanuts, while I Got Friends sent the crowd away zinging on the heaviest, most compulsive groove of the lot.