Becks and the bullets

Chapel Allerton Festival
Category: Music

Every year one band stands out as being the best, most fun, most cheerfuly delightful act and not always the ones one expects. For me it was Becks and the Bullets this year, and for many others too, young and old.




- Alaric

METRO REVIEW

"The idea of Alex Turner forsaking the Artic Monkeys to start a ska-punk band might send shivers down a few spines, but the reality might not be too hideous, if Becks and the Bullets are anything to go by.
A bunch of keen Yorkshire folk playing jazzy,brass-heavy pop and punkish pop-rock,The Bullets are headed by Becky Roberts. The singer-guitarist seems to fancy herself as a female equivalent of the Monkeys frontman,penning tracks that examine the minutiae of small-town life with a precise eye.Judging by their material so far Becks and the Bullets are worth keeping an eye on.
Mind you, they're not an act you'd take your mother to see. Check out Girl packs more innuendo into a five-minute pop song than you'd expect to find in an entire Carry On Film, and Roger is Fantastic ( even though he's made of plastic) is a filthy ode to a woman's best friend that would make many an indie boy blush.
It's not all sauce, though;Our Last Waltz is an insightful look at break-ups, while Time captures the excitement and frustrations of a night on the town in a way that Turner would be proud of, only with added ska action. And is that really such a bad thing?"

AARON LAVERY METRO - Metro

BECKS and the BULLETS
In The Wardrobe, Leeds.
8th of May 2008.


This was only the second gig for Becks and the Bullets, who played to a good size crowd at the Wardrobe in Leeds. Leeds and West Yorkshire can currently boast of having the some of the best bands and artists and here comes the next band to join them.
Fronted with a girl lead singer/guitarist who's banter was second to none when it came to keeping the audience's attention between songs.
Now Becks and the Bullets were a well balanced easy to listen to poppy jazz and at times raunchy outfit that have great future potential, the sixties with a modern touch. for only their second gig they impressed me no end. I do hope these guys get the success they deserve because I certainly want to hear these guys play again, and soon.


- Steve D Parker

BECKS and the BULLETS
In The Wardrobe, Leeds.
8th of May 2008.


This was only the second gig for Becks and the Bullets, who played to a good size crowd at the Wardrobe in Leeds. Leeds and West Yorkshire can currently boast of having the some of the best bands and artists and here comes the next band to join them.
Fronted with a girl lead singer/guitarist who's banter was second to none when it came to keeping the audience's attention between songs.
Now Becks and the Bullets were a well balanced easy to listen to poppy jazz and at times raunchy outfit that have great future potential, the sixties with a modern touch. for only their second gig they impressed me no end. I do hope these guys get the success they deserve because I certainly want to hear these guys play again, and soon.


- Steve D Parker