LIVE: Hot Mulligan / Spanish Love Songs @ Kentish Town Forum
Tonight is one of those shows that reminds you why you do this. The tube was out of commission so we all had to re-route, it was twenty six degrees even after the sun had set, and the crowd had packed themselves in like Tetris cubes half an hour before we saw any band. But all of these sweaty inconveniences fade into the background when there’s a double bill as good as Spanish Love Songs and Hot Mulligan. Spanish Love Songs are very aware that they only have a forty minute set, and they are determined to make every second meaningful. There’s no gentle introduction or pause that allows us to adjust to their presence. From the moment the first intro kicks in, our hands are in the air. We’re hanging on to every word as the band flex their knees in unison, uniformly dressed in black. They’re i...
