I never fail to be amazed by the variety of acts appearing at Lancaster's Library as part of the Get It Loud In Libraries
initiative and last Saturday's appearance by Harry and The Potters simply further endeared me to this brilliant venture.
Making their local debut the Boston (Massachusetts) three-piece took to the makeshift stage and performed a fantastic set comprised mainly of songs, perhaps unsurprisingly, about JK Rowling's eponymous hero, much to the delight of the assembled, main
ly teenage, crowd.
Playing a very American brand of geek punk rock in the vein of The Zambonis, who similarly sing exclusively about hockey, Harry and the Potters, fronted by brothers Paul and Joe DeGeorge ("Of course we're related" they replied to a query from the audience, "I'm Harry in Year 4 and he's Harry in Year 7!") played a blistering set of both comedic and musical quality. There wasn't a duff moment in the set.
The band were supported on the night by the decidedly average, but promising, Sheffield quartet Slow Down Tallahasee who tried to warm up the young crowd with their Shangri-Las styled synthpop.
Library gig-goers note that the scheduled gig by The Wombats originally posted for May 18, will now be take place on June 7.
Prior to that promising performance, however, will be a gig by the very intriguing Bat For Lashes, variously described as sounding like a "machine gun that fires wolves" and a cross between Kate Bush and Cat Power. See you there.
