08 November 2010 (gig)
10 December 2010
They’ve claimed BBC 6 Music's favourite new band accolade, Steve Lamacq has named them his "favourite British band of the year" and tonight the Bull & Gate’s back room saw a perfectly preened foursome play a highly anticipated gig.
Bursting onto the stage in front of no more than twenty people the Sheffield-born band oozed warmth and innocence, instantly charming the crowd and causing twenty feet to instinctively tap.
Shimmery tales of romance, intricately created to both make you smile and break your heart in one fell swoop. Tracks like ‘Bloodshot Days’ represent their unmistakable sound which gives glimmers of sunshine with an underlying melancholy.
The Crookes’ songs are gushing with tenderness and radiate emotion and beauty. Jangly, captivating, pure and simple pop songs seen through a lens of old fashioned romance and sentiment. You could be forgiven for closing your eyes and imagining that you had been transported from a beer fused November night in Kentish Town to staring at the sky and making shapes out of clouds with your sweetheart.
Lofty expectations were in tow for their thirty minute set, but the band justified the hype. The venue soon filled when the tinkling guitar sounds reached the bar and new boys The Crookes made their mark by pulling in a biggest crowd of the night.
