TEST ICICLES - For Screening Purposes Only Review

OK. Deep breath. Here we go. Drum-roll. Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Right, not a lot of people know this... but... The Beatles were rubbish. Toss. Crud. Cack. They ruined pop music; for me, for you, for all of us... the utter bastards....full text One of the more interestingly named bands to emerge on to the music scene this year, London trio Test Icicles have made a name for themselves for being awfully loud, largely unclassifiable and for having a penchant for pink guitars....full text Everything about this band is provocative. They've got names straight out of a Chris Morris satire: Sam Merrann, Devonte Hynez, Rory Aggwelt. They're fashionistas. They sport floppy fringes and visors and low-slung skatewear. They're Anglo-American-Australian. They play most of their gigs on Kingsland Road, Shoreditch. Their guitars are pink. They span genres. Everything they do is thinly coated with irony....full text