Bandwidth spent a good week, and very hectic, week following around Sligo-Belfast adoptees A Plastic Rose – culminating in the launch of their eponymous EP at the Spring & Airbrake in Belfast. To watch the video for the lead track from the EP, ‘Kids Don’t Behave Like This’ - look right here..

To read Steven Rainey’s review of the night, have a look here.

A Plastic Rose – Silence You

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Silence You was the first track that made us fall so deeply in love with A Plastic Rose – away back in October of 2008 at the Oh Yeah Centre was the time and place – Gerry Norman and Ian McHugh with a bottle of whiskey and an amp, jamming backstage with members of Here Comes The Landed Gentry. You may remember this video from back then.

It’s lost none of its impact – the spirit and soul of the band comes from the fact that so many of their songs are written acoustically, and have the kind of sing-a-long quality that a backstage space and whiskey allows – but this is where ‘Silence You’ truly belongs, in front of eight hundred (and equally eight hundred thousand) screaming fans.
 
A Plastic Rose – Superspeed

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A new track – ‘Superspeed’ is by the band’s own confession the most commercial pop they’ve ever written. We disagree at Bandwidth. Somehow it seems impossible to imagine Lily Allen screaming “it’s staring you in the faaaaaaaace” at her adoring fans with such vitriol, such clarity and such confidence. Behind the heart of this band poets lie scientist’s brains. They’re concerned, they’re clued in – but thank fuck, they’re passionate too. And this song makes every hair in the room stand to attention.

A Plastic Rose – The Colour Blue

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And what a finale. Someone should tell Gerry, Troy, Ian and Dave that stage dives are supposed to be performed.. well.. off the … actually, forget it, it’s punk rock. “Let’s get pissed…”

To read Steven Rainey’s suberb review of the night, pop over here right now and don’t stop.

Director: Will McConnell
Camera: Will McConnell, Stuart Sloan
Sound: David Donnelly

2009 Bandwidth Films

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