Switches: Heart Tuned To DEAD
Much like how Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo wrote himself an Encyclopedia Of Pop, Switches frontscholar Matt Bishop has diligently studied, dissected and rebuilt the pop song as if he were an inventor obsessively constructing a mobile phone from...
Switches
Hardly indicative of their stylistically schizophrenic debut, it’s a shame that some record company bod considers this re-recorded re-release of said debut to be the best chance of convincing the public that Switches are brilliant. All glam pomp...
Switches: RPM Records/Academy Newcastle, Sat Feb 3
A queue had formed hours before Switches even set foot in Newcastle’s legendary RPM Records store, and now they’re here, dedicated fans clutch limited-edition singles chant along to every word that emanates from sneering singer Matt Bishop’s...
Switches: Drama Queen
You know that weird thing that iTunes does when it reads a CD incorrectly and gives it the title of another record entirely? Well, apparently, this is ‘I Get Along’ by the Pet Shop Boys, which in terms of providing a reference point for...
Switches: Lay Down The Law
Southend: famous the world over for its international standards of chain-pub karaoke, arcade machines so old they’re protected by the National Trust and legions of day-tripping Essex thrill-seekers riding along the coastline on a gigantic...
