Strawberry Fair 2018 review

Pic by Adrian

Great review from Strawberry Fair by Cambridge Music Reviews... 
'Some years the event can be slow to get going but this time the weather brought out a substantial crowd early on, including an appreciative audience for The Scissors opening the Rebel Arts Stage at midday. After a decade at the forefront of the Cambridge scene they can still strike a pose and rip it up with the best of them, aided by a selection of their own fastest and loudest songs, including I thought an extra turning up of the blazing sound system to a volume beyond 11 halfway through the set. Having seen them recently in the confines of the Cornerhouse venue, their rich and hypnotic swirling sound easily steps up to an outdoor show.'

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Interviewed by Jude Clarke for Cambridge News

We're interviewed by Jude Clarke for today's Cambridge News! Read the full interview.

This week we meet The Scissors, who love rock 'n' roll outsiders, hope their best song is yet to be written and would like to be covered by The Fall.

1: How long have you been together as a band?

We've been going in various forms for 10 years, come this December! But the current line-up's been together since 2010.

2: Talk me through the band members: what do they do and what are they like?

Stewart (second right) sings and plays bass. Loves cats and cookery, though not at the same time.

Toby (second left) plays guitar. Loves ephemera, pop art and ancient megaliths.

Simon (far left) plays organ and homemade electronic contraptions. Likes making mechanical greetings cards.

Huw (far right) plays drums. Likes walking and cycling, loves Emily.

3: What's your favourite thing about Cambridge?

The way the river meets the trees meet the pubs.

4: What's your best song?

We've not written it yet, hopefully! But Phone Calls from the Dead (a cautionary tale about not believing everything you hear, driven by a severely off-kilter guitar riff) always seems to go down well, as does Your House has Ghosts (garage-psych stomper about being trapped by one's own memories).

5: Best local show?

Our recent album launch gig was great to play. It was fun to curate the evening, with punky-folkpop singer-songwriter Helen Robertson and local punk pop legends Rubber Dux supporting. We decorated the Boathouse gig room with hanging cut-outs of esoteric Victoriana (cats' heads, medicine bottles, haunted mirrors) to create the right atmosphere.

6: Who are your musical heroes or heroines?

We love rock'n'roll outsiders, like maverick record producer Joe Meek (The Tornados, Screaming Lord Sutch), Brit-rock/glam/punk legend Jesse Hector (Crushed Butler, Hammersmith Gorillas), neo-music hall poet Viv Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band), or 90s psychodramatic lounge legend Paul Hofner (Gretschen Hofner).

7: Which bands or artists would you pick to play your perfect festival?

The perfect festival is one where none of the good bands clash at the same times, so you get to see them all. Huw would have The Mars Volta, circa 2003-2005. Simon loves the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, but The Demon Barbers are probably his favourite festival band. Stewart loves Dreadzone at festivals – they're perfectly suited to that environment and never fail to unite a crowd in a nonstop dancing frenzy. Toby would love the original line-up of Thirteenth Floor Elevators, but that's not likely to happen on these shores any time soon.

8: If you had to cover one song, what would it be; if you could pick any band or artist to cover one of your songs, what would it be?

We'd cover Garden of my Mind by The Mickey Finn, a classic UK psych-rock track from 1967. It'd be nice if The Fall covered one of ours. We once covered The Stooges' I Wanna be Your Dog in the style of The Fall, with Stewart shouting out random breeds of dog in the manner of Mark E Smith…

9: Who would you get to play you in a video?

Huw – Jim Dale

Stewart – Terry Scott

Simon - Bernard Bresslaw

Toby – Sid James

10: Can you suggest another local band or artist that we should feature on this page?

Think most of our favourites have been featured! (The Seven Twenty, Bouquet of Dead Crows, Beverley Kills), but maybe you've not featured Moonstrips, a fantastic Cambridge garage-psych trio who have just released a cracking three-track EP (facebook.com/moonstrips)?

Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Introducing-Scissors/story-29186872-detail/story.html#ixzz476qj4WYD
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Wish you were here!

We're looking forward to playing Cambridge's awesome annual multi-venue knees-up, Wish You Were Here, on 13 October. It's become Cambridge's answer to the Camden Crawl and should be a fantastic day of live music.
There's an awesome line-up, so far featuring:
BO NINGEN http://www.myspace.com/boningen
TURBOWOLF https://www.facebook.com/turbowolf
BROTHER AND BONES http://soundcloud.com/brotherandbones
HEY SHOLAY - https://www.facebook.com/heysholay
FUZZY LIGHTS http://fuzzylights.bandcamp.com/
MODEL VILLAGE http://modelvillage.bandcamp.com/
TOM COPSON http://www.tomcopson.com/
ANNIE DRESSNER http://anniedressner.bandcamp.com/
THE LAST DINOSAUR http://thelastdinosaur.bandcamp.com/
ILL MURRAY http://illmurray.bandcamp.com/
PRINCE AMONG THIEVES https://www.facebook.com/thievesuk
TWELVE CLAY FEET http://soundcloud.com/twelveclayfeet
THE SCISSORS http://www.thescissors.co.uk/
BOMB FACTORY http://bombfactory.blogspot.co.uk/
UNIT 9 http://www.reverbnation.com/unitnine
VICTORY POINTS http://victorypoints.bandcamp.com/

We're playing at Legends Bar at Cambridge City Football Club, about 10.15pm - come see us! And as many other bands as you can! 

Afternoons in Norwich

Here's some video action from last week's tour - the final date in Norwich at Epic... 'Afternoons'!

You can see more videos on our Reverbnation page

EPIC pictures!

We've posted some new pictures on our Images page, taken by the EPIC Studios crew at Saturday's gig there on the last night of the Ultrazang tour. We had a fantastic time! Big thanks again to the Ultrazang crew and everyone at EPIC.