TOY are an English indie rock/psychedelic rock band from London.The band were picked as one of NME’s “100 New Bands You Have to Hear” in January 2012, with Rhys Webb of ‘The Horrors’ describing them as “the most exciting band to come out last year” and “my favourite band for 2012.”
We checked out a couple of their tracks prior to their appearance at this year’s End Of The Road Festival, Dorset (Big Top Stage – Saturday 1st September) :
Listening to ‘Motoring’ is like being sucked into a hugely cavernous mouth. Not an entirely unpleasant experience- until the gnashers start biting into your feeble tissue. A nodding, prodding beat keeps things chugging briskly along, while the lines of guitar and keyboards filter sleepily out of the turmoil, to stifle you within their coils. Vocals are clear and pulpy.
‘Left Myself Behind’ is peppery and dark. It has abundant bass lines that tend to add a sense of grandeur and tension, and some generously clouded guitars that fog-up the mechanism. But the vocals are elegantly polished and as shiny as cherry wood veneer and so the song steers you in the right direction – i.e. away from yourself.
– © Neil_Mach August 2012 –
Link:
http://www.facebook.com/toy.band
http://youtu.be/dcQ2nXDvWDY
Make sure you check TOY out at this year’s End Of The Road Festival.
