NO CIGAR

No Cigar is the type of band your mum would probably approve of you both seeing and joining. They’re successful, listenable, relatable and their music could be enjoyed at a BBQ, a gym, in a soundtrack and, believe it or not, a rock concert also. They attain a special and impressive mix of surf, indie, psychedelia and pop, but there’s a little bite and edge to the smoothness to be enjoyed like salt in the caramel. The band is characterized by the sometimes-strong, sometimes-fragile vocals of Willy Ferrier, whose distinctive pipes sound remarkably similar to Caleb Followill in the way they can crack emotionally, smoothly roll up to notes and glide effortlessly in a clear falsetto above the instruments below. Songs tend to bloom rather than gallop or wallop (but they do occasionally swagger) largely due to the heavenly guitars drenched in reverb performed brilliantly by Josh Morrice and Art