Live Review: Luls @Hoxton Bar and Grill

 The London based three piece open with ‘Never Let It Go’, Best Coast meets The Rapture ditty which comes alive when the guitarist/vocalist adds his deep Ian Curtis tones. Bassist, Adam, is a star in the making and carries the tune gloriously but when Shaun joins him the band become a force of nature. Their influences come at you like a flurry of Manny Pacquiao blows. One second your hearing Mars Volta the next its Joy Division and its joyous (all this in the first song, you really should have been there).

TT is really impressed with Luls’ ability to hook the crowd with catchy guitar riffs and epic choruses and yet sound off the beaten track at the same time. New single ‘Swing Low’ is the perfect example of this. It has a raw primal sound that Grouplove and Biffy Clyro can only dream off.

The highlight of their set is ‘Young’. It displays just how much ability this group has. Just when you think you have them pinned down as a brilliant new rock band they toss out this euphoric Arcade Fire meets Young Guns number. TT was at the 02 on Tuesday night to see Radiohead, where every song sounded like a poignant moment in a David Lynch film. Well, ‘Young’ sounds like the climax to a Ron Howard film (excluding the Da Vinci Code obviously). All edgy on the fringes like ‘Frost/Nixon’ or ‘Cinderella Man’ but at the heart is something very engaging and poignant for us ordinaries to grab hold of and sing in our bedrooms.

They end with ‘We’re Coming Again’ which is a classic in the making. It’s so beefed up it makes Tribes’ efforts look like haute cuisine. The baselines are fantastic on this, forget the toss your reading about Muse at the moment, Luls have the best bass player you will have heard in a long time. ‘We’re Coming Again’ will be closing sets for a long time to come.

New single ‘Swing Low’ is released on the 22^nd October.