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Published: 3 April 2008

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REVIEW: SUPERGRASS
Roundhouse

IT'S funny how some bands just slip beneath your musical radar.
It’s not that you dislike them – it’s just a case of never getting around to spending any time listening to them.
Supergrass were one of those bands for me when I was teenager, so while all my mates were seeing them at tiny venues in Dublin I was busying myself at home, organising my Bowie, Dylan and Waits records by year of release.
So pitching up in the Roundhouse, I wasn’t as excited as I might have been. Twenty minutes in, however, and I realised that while I might never have really taken them on board, the youthful joy that made Supergrass such a huge hit in the 1990s had infected me more than I realised.
In between stonking tracks from the new record, Diamond Hoo Ha, a peppering of old hits quickly raised the mood to near-euphoria that lasted till the final bow.
Supergrass live are a no-holds-barred, honest-to-goodness rock act. No hype, no gimmicky, just a bunch of guys who clearly love what they do.
I wonder if my kids will one day sit at home organising their Supergrass records while their mates are out at gigs by the latest indie sensations...
TONY KIELY

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