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\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s no doubt that the band can charm an audience.<\/h3>\n

It is perhaps fitting that the Cardiff leg of Clean Bandit’s autumn tour passes by The Great Hall on a Saturday night. Despite the curious m\u251c\u00aelange of adults on a night-out, and teenage girls who can’t quite manage to get served, the crowd is buzzing with the diluted visions of hedonism that only a weekend can provide.<\/p>\n

Years & Years open strongly and are the antidote to the restlessness in the room. Olly Alexander’s vocals cut through the haze of iPad-controlled synths and dance drum beats to give a nod to 90s R&B, with a tone so saccharine even Lauryn Hill would be proud of. It is, ironically, the slowest and most delicate moment that wins Years & Years their new fans; as just Olly and his piano play a trembling verse of \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffEyes Shut’, the atmosphere settles, with whispers flickering over the audience like a swooning wave.<\/p>\n

In opening with \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffA + E’, Clean Bandit put their cards on the table straight away; mellifluous neoclassical strings introduce the set with intricacy and style, but are swiftly met with a punishing bass line and somewhat intrusive vocals. There is no doubt, however, that the band can charm an audience; evidently a festival-pleaser over the summer, the crowd thrive off the big beats and orchestral hooks, with no one in the room standing still.<\/p>\n

Clean Bandit reach their musical peak with \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffDust Clears’ highlighting the eclecticism and extent of their talents. Intelligently constructed and idiosyncratically produced, it symbolises a time when the band made music with perhaps more integrity and less focus on radio playability. Sadly for a lot of the set, the enchanting, classical elements of the maple and spruce seem lost and overwhelmed among the cacophony of beats and bass.<\/p>\n

All Clean Bandit need now is a live show with a little more personality; imagine watching Biffy Clyro with a stand-in singer, it just doesn’t work. Get around this issue, and there would be nowhere else I’d rather be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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