Scissors at the Soul Tree, supporting Make Model

Bloody good fun, despite a couple of technical hitches (Toby yanked his guitar lead out of the amp in a moment of sheer exuberance. Got it back in again, noise happily restored)...

Enjoyed the other bands muchly also - Frank Hamilton's wry observational songwriting; The Corrections strange art-pop take on stuff (their closer 'OCD' kicks ass); and Make Model proved great live, even better then their studio tracks promised.

Talking to Lewis (MM's guitar/vox), was disappointed to learn that their name is not in fact taken from the instructions on an old Airfix kit, but is actually a comment on society's obsession with technology, inbuilt obsolescence, and those toy cars you get at garages in big multipacks (I might have made that last one up.)

Skylon (lyric)

You put me aboard the Skylon
So full of promise but still earthbound
You made me the wayward Captain
But there are no stars up here to steer by

You told me the ground was long gone
Controls will not respond, I can't get down
Why is there still air to breathe now?
Asphyxiation would be a dream

Are you lost in space? Are you lost in space? Are you lost in space?

You put me aboard the Skylon
So full of promise but still earthbound
I would be your wayward Captain
But there are no stars and still I can't get down
(c) 2008 the scissors

Gone (lyric)

You saw it
I saw it
Even the THING in the bathroom saw it
But before we both saw it, it was gone

You tried it
I tried it
We didn't even know what it would taste like
But before we both tried it, it was gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone

You knew it
I knew it
Even the THING in the bathroom knew it
But before we both knew it, it was gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone gone we're gone
(c) 2006 the scissors

Lucy for London (lyric)

Lucy knows she'll lose herself in London
Is it all 4 REAL? Well, just don't ask her where she came from
And Lucy knows the stars are beside her on the pavement
'Is it you?' she says, but they're gone and she's lost in her amazement

You can find the world Ms Lonely as your life arrives on platform one

Lucy knows the value of destruction
She's bought some safety pins and now she's reading the instructions
She's NOW and she's HERE and she's got photos of the World's End
'It's a better dream,' she says, oh she knows she'll wake up on her own again

You can find the world Ms Lonely as your life arrives on platform one

And Lucy do you know where you are, do you know where you're going,
Do you know where you belong?
Lucy if you don't know, if you really don't know
Then I'm coming with you

(c) 2007 the scissors

'Lucy for London' was featured on Mike Bournsell's podcast show 'Cambridge Riffs' number 14.

Barfly gig, supporting Glasvegas

Scissors in action at Cambridge Barfly...

Tim (www.nowitson.co.uk) reviewed us, "first up the local band, The Scissors. In front of a reasonable crowd they seemed a little overawed by the opportunity to play their brand of alternative pop, their sound augmented by an organ to good effect. They play a handful of self-penned songs and as their confidence on stage grows, they show enough promise to keep an eye open for them on the Cambridge circuit."

...which was nice. Overawed? Maybe a little, it was a hungry old beast of a crowd! We enjoyed it though!

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