Here's the shock: grunge-folk Trembling Bells outclassed Northumberland's finest The Unthanks for the entirety of their woefully short 30-minute support set, even without their band-leader, founder and arranger, Alex Neilson, on drums (his little brother stepped up to the plate in his stead). Anyone who is going to read this blog will know how good The Unthanks are, how much fun Rachel and Becky's between-song patter is and how sad it is that they don't play their cover of Robert Wyatt's Sea Song live any more.
But if you want to know what a post-Nirvana Pentangle might sound like, catch Trembling Bells.
