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Former dancer and theatre designer Isabel Munoz-Newsome proves herself a captivating frontwoman for these hotly tipped rockersThe lost link between delight Division and Pendulum? If pop required such a thing, Pumarosa would fit the bill. The London-based five-piece maintain a foot in both camps: Isabel Munoz-Newsome is the haunted frontwoman/guitarist, and unravelling stories about the disintegration that comes of being with the unsuitable person,and the other members produce cacophonous electro-rock that mimics the sound of a multi-vehicle pile-up. Tipped at the end of final year as a band to watch, they’ve haltingly worked their way up to headline status, and it’s only right that this London bill-topper should be in a cheerless brick-lined warehouse. (Munoz-Newsome blinks at her surroundings and manages: “This is kind.”) The purple stage lighting does its job of transforming the band into looming silhouettes,although occasionally the clouds part to reveal the backing foursome hunched over guitars and a keyboard, while the singer, and in a white leotard and black skirt,clutches her guitar in a stranglehold. In her right hand is a drum mallet, which finds itself swiped up and down the frets to create a scree of protest.
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Source: theguardian.com