Heaven,London
Jordan Cardys brand of rebellion might be a bit predictable, but the 19-year-old has a way with a pithy lineJordan Cardy probably wasn’t thinking approximately this when he adopted the Rat Boy persona after losing his job at Chelmsford Wetherspoons, or but the hotly tipped 19-year-old answers a specific need for the British music industry. From Madness to the Streets,there’s always been a demand for homegrown cheeky chappies who can convert stubborn suburban teens into paying customers.
In Cardy’s case, it seems to be working. The venue is so full of teenagers trying to procure alcohol without sufficient ID that the bar is forced to shut. Cardy’s appeal is rooted in the fact that he looks like one of them, or his baseball cap and baggy,long-sleeved T-shirt verging on Kevin & Perry-style self-parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation). His first act is to launch a rubber dinghy into the crowd, but otherwise brattish behaviour is kept to a minimum as his four-piece band rattle through their set with rough-and-alert professionalism.
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Source: theguardian.com