The Peacock Lounge - Vaudeville Club

Back by popular demand we are pleased to announce The Travelling Band!!

The band have performed at Peacock Lounge twice before but we had to have them back because they are truly fantastic and always give 100%. The evening will have them performing all the favourites as well as new songs from their new album.

Winners of the coveted New Talent competition at Glastonbury, Manchester's Travelling Band have it all going for them at the moment. Self-avowed resisters of the 'the man' in corporate rock label guise, these beardy, raggle taggle guys look like they've moved in to your local park in a horse-drawn caravan, and their called after a Creedence track. What's not to like? It's a jangly acoustic vibe that pervades, but to term them 'folk' (as so many other bands do at the moment, to escape the straitjacket of indiedom) is misleading.

As befits a band starting out on the long road to full-grown career, there's a bit of restless style shifting going on here. Fighting shy of odious catch-all descriptions, the songs fall somewhere between early Gomez (especially on Biding My Time and Lanes Of Names), with a touch of countryfied twang, while at other (more intriguing) points they can even bring to mind Bob Dylan (Angel Of The Morning - at least in the vocal department).

Sparkling harmonies and bright chirpy guitars pepper their performance full of bright-eyed optimism. Their sound is spry folkabilly that almost recalls the Coral, while elsewhere the chiming strings and finely wrought harmonies bring on a distinctly West Coast ambience. Above all it's a ramshackle fuzziness that keeps you smiling. And that's no easy trick to pull off.

For a really great night that is well worth more than the £5 entry you need look no further. This night will sell out so book now!!

Tickets - £5.00 - BUY NOW

www.myspace.com/thetravellingband