Lake Komo are one of the hottest indie-folk outfits to hit the mainstream scene recently, receiving radio play from Radio One on their latest single ‘Milkwaukee’.
The Manchester four-piece features Pete Bentley on bass, Liam Maxwell on drums, Jess Gould on keyboard and frontman Jay Nudd on vocals and guitar. We caught them live at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh to hear the back catalogue and they showed a lot of potential through their setlist.
Nudd’s vocals are comfortably strong enough to lead the group’s indie-rock numbers, though the frontman does make regular use of a vocoder and regularly, possibly too regularly, moves into falsetto. He’s best though when sticking to his rough rock range though – the higher pitch feels forced at times and disrupts the flow of certain songs.
Gould is strong on keyboard and backing vocals and gives the group a unique talking point with original synth work. Bentley and Maxwell are both slick and play with precision as well. The bulk of the set sounds inspired by the likes of Thom Yorke and Ben Howard, though there are some notable exceptions.
The Manchester four-piece features Pete Bentley on bass, Liam Maxwell on drums, Jess Gould on keyboard and frontman Jay Nudd on vocals and guitar. We caught them live at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh to hear the back catalogue and they showed a lot of potential through their setlist.
Nudd’s vocals are comfortably strong enough to lead the group’s indie-rock numbers, though the frontman does make regular use of a vocoder and regularly, possibly too regularly, moves into falsetto. He’s best though when sticking to his rough rock range though – the higher pitch feels forced at times and disrupts the flow of certain songs.
Gould is strong on keyboard and backing vocals and gives the group a unique talking point with original synth work. Bentley and Maxwell are both slick and play with precision as well. The bulk of the set sounds inspired by the likes of Thom Yorke and Ben Howard, though there are some notable exceptions.
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