Pompadour ‘Cut to the Chase’

I had to google what a Pompadour is and it turns out to be an extreme quiff-like hairstyle. Oh well, I guess that ship has sailed for me as I’ve got a centre-parting like the M8 motorway, but not so for the young Bristol indie-rock band of that same name.

They’re a young, spunky three-piece with a sprightly debut EP coming out in November.
There’s almost a hint of a very modern Difford and Tilbrook in their song-writing which packs entertaining real life stories into sub-3 minute melodic packages. For starters, there’s a lyric video on You Tube for the single ‘Point Blank’ - it’s a good medium for them as they do have some entertaining urban tales to tell through the character-filled voice of Tamsin Sayers. She delivers with style and panache throughout and also plays Bass into the bargain.

‘Enigma’ is probably the closest in style to mainstream rock. It’s also the only song clocking in over 3 minutes so there’s room for Kearney Day (Guitars) and Toby Holbrook (Drums) to get in on the act with a tasty riff and a driving beat. ‘Blame Your Predecessors’ is as intriguing as its title would suggest and Tamsin’s vocal on this has real variety. ‘Catch Me if You Can’ is apparently about cutting off your nose to spite your face, so I guess we can all relate to that?

There’s a theme emerging with the excellent song ‘Veronica’ (sadly not a cover of ‪the Sultans of Ping FC‬ obscure classic). The band have already had a previous single called ‘Violet’ so I’m guessing someone in the band has a penchant for girls with names beginning with V? I look forward to hearing about Vicki or Vera next but they should swipe left on Valerie – she’s been done too often already.

‘Cut to the Chase’ is released ‪on 15 November‬.