The Hara / Snayx / Call Me Amour @ The Garage, London

Two themes united the three bands on the bill on this springtime evening in North London.  Firstly, there was no ‘lead in’, no weaker or gentler act or even song to give you a momentary pause in emotion. You walk through the door and get slammed with the joy of a good old fashioned punk rock show before you even make it to the bar for an overpriced pint. Furthermore, all of the bands onstage deserve to be bigger than they are, and if the fates allow it they will be in the near future.  Call Me Amour emerge first from the green mist like voguing mythical beasts. Somehow, every line in every song was a singalong.  ’Blackout’ is the sound of a beautiful revolt coming from beneath our feet, and in reality we’re in a half empty room in Highbury but in their heads and ours we’re floating through...