Gig Review: KEG
Oh, KEG, won’t you take me home with you.
I’m on the TFL to the land of KEG. Time to get wonderfully wonky in the SilLy wOnkY world of KEG. I’m here for one thing and one thing only and that’s KEG. KEG KEG KEG. Oh, KEG, I am a fan of you lot and I love how you make me feel inside, all gooey and warm and tingly and giddy. Oh, KEG, won’t you take me home with you.
KEG have been around since 2019, I first caught them in December of 2020, when everyone had to sit down because of a mystery virus that got out of hand - this was torture, as from the moment they kicked off their set, I realised I had probably found my new favourite live act.
They’re such a hard act to pin, you can clearly tell that the seven members of the band all have their own different influences, musical backgrounds and just general style; in saying this certain iconic bands such as DEVO and Talking Heads still can be heard through their sound, but it really is so much more than that, they’ve got that 2020s post-punk revival thing going on, too, but what really gets me going about this band is that you can actually tell the difference between each song, which on paper might sound like nothing, but think about it, how many post punk bands right now (particularly in London) can bash through a set with each song having its own unique elements? I would say, not very much, but that might just be me being a prick, or perhaps I’m clearly not very musically inept. Anyways, KEG are fucking brilliant. My absolute favorite thing about these guys is their humour; they are fucking hilarious and they do not take themselves seriously at all, which I think is very important these days, it’s bands like KEG and artists like Baxter Dury, that are burning the bridges between being a ‘cool’ musician and then just being an absolute fucking twat. I love that very much, hats off to you, KEG.
I can’t really say much about their set, I won’t lie. When I was in the crowd watching this band that I rarely ever see live, I completely forgot that I was there to do a thing. It’s much too easy to get sucked into their flawless transitions between certain songs such as Heyshaw and Presidential Walk, their humor and their onstage antics + their energy. They played a lot of new songs that night from what I remember, not sure how new though, as I have seen this band once a year for three years now, but they definitely played a handful of unreleased music, as well as a bunch of their EP numbers which can be streamed on all good streaming platforms.
The crowd were all great, too; a lot of laughter, a bit o’ dancing here and a bit of a mosh here, your usual gig type things that usually resemble a good, small gig at the George.
In short, GO SEE KEG. I can’t recommend them anymore without sounding like I have some kind of weird obsession or I’m drooling all over my keyboard as I write this review a week later. They’re funny as fuck, one of the tightest bands I’ve ever seen and have a fantastically diverse catalogue of songs.