ERRORS

The Exchange, Bristol | October 19th

Glasgow has always seemed to produce bands that sound like they’ve never heard pop music before, and just sort of fancied giving it a go after watching an episode of Top of the Pops on mute. Errors are no exception. Signed to Mogwai’s ever more awesome Rock Action Records, Errors premium brand of exciting, electronic infused post-rock is more akin to Ratatat than it is to Godspeed and oft bears the tag “danceable”, which one can only imagine has to be a curse when trying to be all arty and shit.

After finally making it through the door of the venue we were greeted with a band already on stage. That band was, unfortunately, Errors. Luckily, the band were whipping through their first tune – a sturdy, fuzzed out rendition of Magna Encarta from their album Have Some Faith in Magic – one of two, yes two, albums released in 2012. However, the set that follows mostly of consists of songs from the aforementioned album and they barely even touch on New Relics, the second record to be released this year.

Performing tonight as a three piece the band look like that group of freshers you see nervously exploring their new city who’ve just met in halls, but probably won’t be friends once they realise they have absolutely nothing in common. Somehow though Errors have managed to stick it out an amazing seven years. They’re probably one of the tightest bands we’ve seen live and drummer James Hamilton is the kind of guy who just looks he has discovered his own relative infinity whilst, ahem, bashing away furiously at the back of the room.

Errors radiate sonic enthusiasm over an adoring audience for the entirety of their set and come across as a band that really loves doing what they’re doing. The sound is peaceful yet abrasive, structures blend hypnosis and soaring bliss perfectly on tracks like the oozingly beautiful A Rumour in Africa and the New Order influenced Pleasure Palaces. The end of the night sees the band playing a 15 minute long, two song encore, pleasing the crowd to no end. Errors might be one of those weird bands you’re weird mate who works in a record store talks about, but they sure as heck know both how to start a party and how to be the ones left looking graceful and nonchalant when the angry homeowner kicks everyone out at 3A.M.

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Words: Billy Black