You Got Me In A Right State...

I think i've fallen head over heels in love. again.
Last weekend was the Great Escape festival in Brighton and I was working at wristband exchange so didn't get to enjoy the entire weekend... however, after work on the last day i had a few hours to hang around before i met up with my friend. Now, having been signed up to the text alert again this year, I was constantly being bombarded with updates about day gigs. One, however, caught my eye whilst I was wondering the streets of Brighton alone on that rainy Saturday afternoon. 'Esser will be playing Jubilee Square, outside Jubilee Library @ 5'. This 'Esser' guy was on the front cover of the weekend's programmes i'd been handing out for the last three days so I was quite intrigued, had nothing better to do, and went along..... as i said, I'm in love.
Heading off to the library at 4:45 that afternoon was the greatest decision of my weekend, because i have discovered the next big thing (obviously a bit later than some other people) and my new favourite musician. 
Needless to say I couldn't stop talking about this electronic wonder when i finally met my friend later and dragged her along to his gig that very night and after i'd sent her on her way home i popped back to the grungey venue and shook this man's hand on his earlier efforts... I got the lowdown on his recent support of Mystery Jets and his headlining tour before getting an introduction... ("What's your name, hi, i'm Ben.")

Now, I thought I used to be a fan of Ladyfuzz, I saw them a couple of times, 'Bouncy Ball' is one of my favourite tracks to play as a DJ and I always thought I fancied the drummer... not enough, though, it seems, to realise who he was when i met him last Saturday night... what a fool.

So anyway, this talented drummer has stepped into the limelight to perform alone (or with his band on stage) playing upbeat, clap-along/dance-along/both electronic tracks showing his potential was stunted behind that oh-so-characteristic front woman of Ladyfuzz. I'm sure back in the day I wouldn't have been thankful for the demise of the band... things change.

If you have any sense, you'd check out the (literally) gut-wrenching video for 'I Love You' as well as listen to some of the guy's fantastic tracks on his myspace page, myspace.com/esserhq before everyone else pips you to the post...

X x X