SCAREDYCATS

LIVERPOOL

Neil Dutton, Andy Jacobson, Jim Pearson, Steve Wale. In just a few gigs, this four-piece band have established themselves as a formidable live act.” Tom Robinson (BBC 6 music, 25 June 2016) Wirral-based band Scaredycats were formed at the start of 2015. They deliver an eclectic mix of songs with influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa, and are fast gaining a reputation for originality of their live performances and songwriting. They were recently featured on Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 music Introducing show, and are busy working on new material for their debut album release next year. Gig Review by Neil Johnson (Thornton Hough Village Club, 15 Sept. 2016) “Having reached an age when you remember the latest musical trend from the first, or even the second time around, it is sometimes difficult to rekindle the youthful excitement of discovering a favourite new band. But every now and again a band comes along that just blows you away. Enter Scaredycats. Just 18 months into their existence this band of time served musicians are blazing a trail on the local music scene that bands half their age couldn’t live with. Put simply, they were an audio visual tour de force at THVC last night. Such are the riches of their repertoire they could even afford to omit crowd favourites such as Grace, Right Now is The Moment & Trophy Wife and still deliver a set packed with gems. Other bands would sell their mothers for songs as good as those that Scaredycats leave out. New drummer Neil Dutton has sealed the finest rhythm section around, onto which Andy Jacobson sprinkles all kinds of moog magic. There is a chemistry between front men Steve Wale and Jim Pearson that is a joy to behold and reaches its peak when their perfect harmonies are left to fill the room on songs such as Independent Life. Add to the mix a thought provoking, witty, poignant and typically idiosyncratic video back drop that began with a simple, crowd friendly ‘GOOD EVENING’ before taking us on a tour of the trials of modern living - war, stress, politics, inhumanity, infidelity, insincerity - via the unmitigated joy of being (and watching) dogs hanging out of car windows (a personal favourite). After two hours it ended with ‘When The Sun Shines’, the happiest song about the end of the world since REM’s classic ‘It’s The End of The World’. To borrow from Mr Stipe’s apocalyptic vision, after seeing Scaredycats, I feel fine.” Liverpool Threshold 2016 "As compere of said event I did my damnedest, not to have 'favourites' among that band of bands that formed an eclectic line of footsteps. But, heck, I just couldn't stop myself from from liking Scaredycats more than the other wonderful contributors to the afternoon. I knew they were the toast of Thornton Hough Village Club & Bar, where they walk the fields like heroes, nay gods, and educated the crowd thus, (and it was packed). IMHO they are the most intelligent, unusual, quirky and off the wall band on the whole of the Wirral, if not further afield. - Andrew Gibb March 2016 "The find of Threshold Festival for me - Scaredycats songs in the manner of Costello, Heaton, Squeeze Black Lodge Brewery" – Anonymous Tweeter