The Belgrave Scandal - The Enterprise, London - Tuesday 18th July 2006

The Belgrave Scandal are a new band from Kent, playing gigs roughly equally down there and in London. They have a song called The Collection, available on their MySpace site, which absolutely would not sound out of place if a big hitting band recorded and released it - a great track. I had heard good things about their live set, so toddled off to the Enterprise in Camden, basically a room above a pub, to see them.

They came on stage at around 8:45pm, the first band on the bill of three. A three piece band to begin with, they were later joined by a keyboard player, who definitely added something good to their sound. Starting off with a frantic instrumental, they then proceeded to run through 7 or 8 songs which all sounded very promising indeed. Beedy Little Eyes, The Collection, and Brighton Away are obvious highlights of their set, but they are not the only ones - there seem to be a strong collection of new songs to add to them.

All in all, a very good 35 minute set. Not a signed band yet, but they have the songs and the musical talent to not look at all out of place in the big time. I will definitely be heading for their next London gig.