on October 30th, i made my way, once again, to that wonderful Edinburgh venue known as liquid room. The reason for the trek from the comfort of my marchmont flat all the way across the meadows in the cold October weather? my second encounter with the brilliant cooper temple clause in the space of 5 months…
the coopers were the last band i saw live in paris before i left in june and i was hooked immediately. Their electro-garage sound is both so-late-90s and so-now that i am amazed they haven’t had the mainstream success so many other (less talented) bands have had lately. But then again, knowing me, i probably wouldn’t have liked them as much as i did if they did fall under the mainstream popularity definition :D
They didn’t disappoint this time either and the home-turf advantage (they definitely have more british fans than french :) made for a brilliant atmosphere – one that far surpassed the paris-gig. Everyone could sing along to the older tracks, like ‘been training dogs’, ‘panzer attack’ and the brilliant closing track ‘blind pilots’ (even me!! That’s the reward for all those hours of listening to them on itunes and on my mp3 player when walking to uni). It was really quite refreshing to be at a gig where it seemed like every single person was there for the music (whether as a hard core fan or just because they recognised the band name) and were up for a fun night. Liquid room is also a far superior venue when packed with enthusiastic listeners (which didn’t happen with the walkmen in september unfortunately…)
The cooper temple clause have now joined the kooks as ‘bands I have seen live more than once’ and are most definitely deserved company in that category. They came they saw, they attacked the audience with some brilliant riffs, synth lines and their abrasive rock/alt-metal sound and for that, I have nothing but love for these fab berkshire-boys…
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