The night of the geek

We Are Scientists at the Shepherds Bush Empire, 13th April 2006

Never before has geekdom been so cool or so appealing as it was last night at the Shepherds Bush emporium (excepting maybe Jarvis Cocker at his zenith).

Images of silent film stars Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd kept running through my mind during the course of the set and the dynamic threesome's loquacious banter reminded me somewhat of that typically British double act Morcambe and Wise (with added Californian sex appeal). But despite echoes of comedy acts past, the evening was continuously entertaining with the infectious personalities on stage winning about a zillion brownie points with the amorous, intoxicated crowd (two people behind us were particularly enamoured; they never came up for air all evening).

Songs from the debut album With Love and Squalor were supplemented by a rendition of the Ronettes' Be My Baby which was a bit too cheesy for me, but all in all the gig left me with a definate case of the warm fuzzies which was very welcome indeed.

8.5/10