It's nice when a plan comes together. I'd been hearing good things about Leeds based The Sunshine Underground for a while, and was so impressed by the couple of tracks I heard from them a few months back, I was lining them up for that esteemed title of 'CMU favourite'. But then we sent one of our ThreeWeeks reviewers to review their gig at T On The Fringe during the Edinburgh Festival - which posed the question - what if our reviewer didn't like them? Could we publish a bad review of a CMU favourite (even a pending favourite)? The good news is said reviewer loved them - reporting that "from the opening chords The Sunshine Underground had the audience in the palm of their hand, and they held on for the entire set. Thumping drums, driving bass and harmonious guitars lend this polished, professional act a real crowd-pleasing sound; every single person in the room was moving and by the gig's rousing climax the crowd was going mental". So positive was the 5/5 review that I now want to see them live for myself, though that shouldn't be too difficult given all the gigs currently listed on their MySpace (which includes Bestival this weekend, hurrah!). But if you don't just want to take our word for it, check out the tracks and videos on the MySpace. You really should, because I think I agree with our ThreeWeeks reviewer who concluded: "these guys are going to be massive".
http://www.myspace.com/thesunshineunderground