# Vuromantics. Head of steam. 10.11.18

- Link: https://newcastlegigs.com/2018/11/13/vuromantics-head-of-steam-10-11-18/
- Published: 2018-11-13T21:44:09+00:00
- Author: nails

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Blitzing onto stage with their combination of soulful, funk-ified, electronic pop
Sheffield’s Vuromantics are certainly a band driven by a purpose of getting people
moving.  Playing to a disappointingly small crowd the quintet nevertheless play 
with maximum effort and engagement, performing their well-curated setlist with the
type of confidence usually reserved for coked-up indie acts.  Lead vocalist, Sam
Christie, himself last seen trying to persuade the Head of Steam barman to pour 
him more liquor than he’d paid for, set’s the standard for the band; dancing one
moment, standing arms aloft the next, yet always full of energy and bounce.

Typified by standout “Office Romance”, the Vuromantics sound is one centred around
a tight bass line and a deep rhythmic drum pattern; perhaps closest to the early
break-through days of Spandau Ballet both in terms of on-it dance grooves and soulful
vocals.  Misguided by purposeful throw away lyrics, the real breakthrough moments
of tonight are the slowed down, soulful, deeply meaningful, tracks (“Back to you”
being the finest) which lift a certain mask from the band and turn the ‘mantics 
from good-time-dance-floor-goers into end-of-the-night-dreamers.  It’s an interesting
transformation and one which I’d like to have seen more of.

Warm up act ‘Echolines’ deserve a special mention with their electro meets indie
meets video game sound, matched with their on-stage banter.  If their recent single
releases have shown us anything, it’s that they’re a band well worth having on your
radar.


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