Review by :
Playlouder.com - Iain Moffat


We’re quite taken with The Subways to be honest, in spite of their occasional foray into advanced bluesiness (not a bad thing in itself, but incredibly difficult to do right, so fair play to them for walking that particular line quite as successfully as they do). At heart, though, they’re a fine swamp-punk affair, ramping up the claustrophobia and furious glamour in a manner not seen this impressively for some years now, and it’ll do them no harm that bassist Charlotte is in no small measure a star-to-be. The first band to break out of Welwyn Garden City since S*M*A*S*H? You wouldn’t rule it out.

The sound of the underground? Oh yes indeed.


The Scala - Monday 29th March