Where are my friends tonight? Probably making music…
Some of my good friends from school are in a band called Peanut Albinos. I went to see their EP release last week and was very impressed by the band that they have grown into.
I have seen these friends in many guises, playing in many questionable pubs and venues since we were teens. Over a decade these friends have mellowed and learnt and grown and fucked up and gone different directions – but here they are now as the Peanut Albinos.
Peanut Albinos sound like whisky, jubilation, hobos, successful failure, hallelujah, and a pub full of shouting drunks. It’s like pirates battling punks for control of the asylum. It’s a raucous, poetic, beautifully orchestrated shambles. The band play banjos and saws and they bang on boxes and scream at the audience.
Listen to them here: Peanut Albinos on MySpace. Their next gig is 19/09/2008 @ Liberties.