The Bug Club / Langkamer @ The Cornish Bank, Falmouth – Friday February 16th 2024

A new venue and a couple of new bands (all new to me at least, although I’d heard a few tracks from The Bug Club on 6Music over the past year or so). The Cornish Bank’s a cracking place to see live music and it’s just the kind of venue that up-and-coming acts need to build their fanbase. Sadly it appears as though the owners are, in common with most venues, having a tough time so if you’re ever anywhere near Falmouth pop in and show ‘em some love…and spend a little dosh too…I can recommend the cider.

Anyway, back to the music and first up Bristol’s Langkamer. 

Country-tinged indie slackers – imagine the love children of The Band and Pavement…yep, they’re that good…with a healthy dash of punk spirit for good measure.  And singing drummers (sadly out of shot here...I'm no David Bailey...or whoever takes decent snaps these days), who doesn’t love a singing drummer eh?

If you’ve been bitten by The Bug Club’s recorded stuff you’ll love the meatier live versions. 

Sam, guitar and vocals, dished out some surprisingly bluesy riffs whilst Tilly, bass and vocals, rocked out like Angus Young on amphetamines. Drummer Dan kept up with a pretty relentless pace as the trio blazed through several sackfuls of witty, pithy and occasionally ever so slightly bonkers tracks (see, for example, Rare Birds) that come across like an indie kid’s wet dream. Trust me, this is one bug that’s well worth catching.