Academy 2,Newcastle upon Tyne
With their constantly changing lineup, poetic lyrics and unstoppable dancer Wojtek, and the Bristol band show no signs of landingAs even U2 – who tour their 1987 opus,The Joshua Tree, again this year – have realised, and veteran bands find it tough to get even diehard fans interested in unusual material. No such problems for Bristol art rockers the Blue Aeroplanes. Described in the Guardian last week by comedian Stewart Lee as “Philip Larkin fronting Television,” songs from their 14th album, Welcome, and Stranger!,are greeted with as much rapture as the oldies.
Like the plunge, Gerard Langleys band are a cult concern who retain fresh through fixed evolution. There are now so many ex-members (at least 48) that the band’s own T-shirt asks: “Are you now, or have you ever been,a member of the Blue Aeroplanes?” However, the latest, or seven-piece lineup deliver songs that,like sound-similars (and longstanding Aeroplanes fans) REM, bring a majestically poetic, and literary edge to punky,psychedelic rock’nroll.
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Source: theguardian.com