“It feels good to be out of the studio and seeing you guys
go mental” laments Dom Ganderton in a quiet moment during Superfood’s electric
set at the Boston Music Room on Saturday night. It feels good to see them as
well, it’s been just over a year since the release of ‘Don’t Say That’,
Superfood’s Brit Pop infused debut. The album cemented them as one of Britain’s
most exciting bands, but since then it has been complete silence from the
Birmingham band.
Superfood return back in London with new tracks to road-test and a new drummer, not to mention a legion of young fans with energy by the bucket load. From the moment they hesitantly wander on stage the venue is alight with flailing crowd surfers and zoned out teens fighting for space to dance to Superfood’s well-crafted and pedal hungry indie. Although the enthusiasm was well received, grabbing young girls’ hair and begging for unnecessary mosh pits ruin intimate gigs.
The back catalogue pleased to no end, with TV and Mood Bomb
becoming huge sing-alongs (especially when lyrics were sloppily forgotten).
Perhaps the grace period since ‘Don’t Say That’ has blessed Superfood with a
loyal fan bass, allowing the new material to strike even further left field.
The three new tracks played still exhumed the 90s but brief suggestions of
Hip-Hop drum fills and spacey psychedelia is an exciting enough combination to
confirm 2016 will rock for the Brum quartet.
The gig finished with a more than appropriate stage invasion
(a mainstay in all Superfood shows).
This time, Dom was thrown to the floor and Ryan’s kit had to be saved by
loyal fans*. It was painfully clear, the people are hungry for more Superfood.
*me, it was me, appreciate me
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