Archived Gallery #015 — Alpinestars
Oct 31, 2022
Alpinestars. Shepherds Bush Empire, London.
22nd March 2002.
Alpinewho? You might ask.
First up, I liked the name of the band for some reason. Secondly always respect someone for releasing a record named after a programming language.
So, their debut album ‘B.A.S.I.C’ was pretty decent. A mix of downtempo stuffs. Some bits sounded a bit Air-y and Stereolab-by.
I remember it getting lots of attention in the rock press (maybe the NME bigged up massively).
Whatever, it resulted in a pretty decent show at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Confident vocals and a punchy synth sound loaded with poppy melodies and workable rhythms.
Amusingly I totally lost interest in anything else from them after that….
