As of this moment there must be more bands per capita in Leeds than anywhere else in the UK such is the steady influx of demos and debuts from the LS area. To the crowded list we now add THE VOLTAIRES, a five piece who’ve only been in motion for around 18 months but who’ve already supported better known upstarts like Young Heart Attack and We Are Scientists.
Their debut ‘Anti-Love’ EP is refreshingly free of post-punk manoeuvres and displays a love of The Stooges, The Hives, AC/DC and The Stones. The title track is their most direct take on proceedings built around a simple riff and Gareth Williams yelping vocals. ‘Clocks’ stomps and pouts with a pleasing infusion of 60’s mod psychedelia coupled with a harmonica solo courtesy of that man Williams. Best track though is ‘Automatic’ on which the band as a whole convinces us that Angus Young and Keith Richards really did have all the killer riffs. The way the track opens out for its closing segment is superb, pisses all over Oasis’s latest attempts to rip off the Stones and is worth the price of admission on its own.
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If they can keep their muso leanings in check – as they have done here - and exploit their pop sensibilities THE VOLTAIRES could well stick around for the long haul.
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