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Witnessing one of Ambulance's live shows is a sight to behold, they're energetic, sweaty and confusing. One minute slacker rock, one minute parping a bugle, the next they're jamming on their Theremin. They're half geeky, half red-neck chic and mostly messy. Yet from this bag of shambolic chaos they still manage to pull something strangely unique and interesting. Much of their tardiness has to be blamed on their relaxed approach to being a signed band. For starters they live in three different cities between the four of them, Liverpool being their spiritual home, but also residents of York and Edinburgh. Though their lax approach to music making is very much part of the Ambulance sound, they themselves confess that they "hardly ever play live. It's just a load of hassle." They approach each gig as a new version of an idea they've toyed with in the studio, "we don't try to piece together what we've recorded and recreate it on Stage." Says Graeme, guitarist, bugler, drummer and megaphonist amongst many other things. "We just take the bare bones of the songs and try to play it as best we can onstage." Graeme ads "A lot of assumptions are made about how you should go about making music and 99% of it's shite. Things have developed so that it's the done thing to make a demo then go in and do it with a producer. Most of the producers around are fucking wankers. They couldn't make a decent tune to save their grandma, y'know what I mean? But then most bands need a producer anyway." Left to their own devices Ambulance could produce a truly grand masterpiece, but we wouldn't get to hear it. The band are far too introverted to go around bandying their work under peoples noses. Buy 'I am a Star, I am an Angel' EP This classic first ever release from Robot! an absolute steal at £3.99 inc P&P Buy Ambulance tracks from iTunes: |