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The Review - grooves with CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS
 

On a roll: Paul Cook, Mark Morriss, Neil Kerly and Tom Brown

On the brink of greatness

INTERVIEW - BRINKMAN

BRINKMAN singer Paul Cook is 28 and failed his maths GCSE three times. He wants a tattoo but claims he is too fickle. Somebody told him he looked like James Blunt and he was really offended.
He has had songwriting tips from Travis’s Fran Healey by email, KT Tunstall is a fan, and Bluetones’s Mark Morris was at their gig.

Q: What happened with former band The Vessels?
A: We were dropped. We were on a really small indie label, the guy who ran it was about 60. [Did he try to touch you?] No, I would’ve let him though, I take my career very seriously.

Q:What do you think of Simon Amstell (departing Popworld presenter)?
A: I like his hair. It’s curly. I’d flirt with him to make him embarrassed, and hopefully he wouldn’t be so nasty.

Q: How do you come up with your songs?
A: I’d be angry or in a good mood or jealous, and write them into my phone. Not in ‘text’ form though – that confuses me.

Q: Do you think women should have to shave their legs?
A: I think it’s bad women have to keep themselves so preened but bristles in a romantic moment aren’t good.

Q: Do you have any fillings?
A: One. My dentist told me a new tooth was scraping the enamel off another one. I was really upset ’cos my sister and I were competitive about who had the best teeth.

Q: When are you most happy?
A: When I’ve written a new song.

Q: Would you fancy a girl in the audience? Would you date a fan?
A: Maybe when I get a chance, but you’d look a bit sleazy raising your eyebrows at her. [Some bands send their lackeys to pull out the fit girls and bring them backstage.] Yeah, that’s an idea. I’d date someone if she was genuine.

REVIEW - BRINKMAN
Dublin Castle

OH the agony of trying to remember a word.
For me, the torment took hold as I watched Brinkman at Parkway’s Dublin Castle.
My history A-level completely failed me as I struggled to recall what “brinkmanship” meant.
And beautiful boy singer/songwriter Paul Cook wasn’t much help either, distracting me with a flowery shirt that reminded me of the wall paper lining my cupboards.
Brinkman are a cutesy pop band with charisma, confidence and charming stage banter in abundance.
Formerly The Vessels, they have been building up steam and celebrity fans for a number of years, with Mark Morriss of the Bluetones and Radio One DJ Steve Lamacq in the crowd on the night.
And in the audience stakes alone, theirs was the trendiest, best-looking crowd I’ve ever seen at a gig, which left me wondering why I don’t go to the Castle more often.
This threesome are on the brink of something big.
Now armed with my dictionary I can tell you Brinkmanship means: “The action or art of going to the edge of, but not into, war or other disaster in pursuit of policy.”
What has this got to do with the band? Well, Neil spent a day calling himself Brinkman and it stuck.

 
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