The Bees play Kirkwall at Orkney Bands

The Bees play Kirkwall

Published by Matthias July 21st, 2006 in Gigs.

Upbeat indie rockers The Bees from the Isle of Wight are hitting Orkney, playing Fusion on August 4th as part of their highlands and islands tour. They are a decent retro throwback band, complete with cheery tracks, instrument swapping, beards and wooly hats.

Listen to tracks Left Foot Step Down, Stand & End of the Steet:
The Bees on Myspace

The venues they are playing seem to be the same ones as the Crimea played earlier this month which is a very positive sign as it means we’re in the books of new indie circuit. Hopefully the gig will be well attended and we can get Orkney into the good graces of the promoter.

Orkney’s own punk rockers The Gutter Sound are back from their maternity leave and have picked up the support slot. It will be interesting to see if motherhood has tempered the outfits or microphone straddling exuberance of lead singer Erika. We hope not:

The Gutter Sounds’s Official Site:
theguttersound.com

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