{"id":7308,"date":"2020-02-25T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=7308"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:58:21","slug":"trash-kit-the-lexington-london-february-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/trash-kit-the-lexington-london-february-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash Kit <br>The Lexington, London, February 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trashkit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7311\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trashkit1.jpg\" alt=\"Trash Kit\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trashkit1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trashkit1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/trashkit1-590x393.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t go in for overpriced meals and cliched gestures, a good place to have spent Valentine\u2019s Day this year would have been at The Lexington. That\u2019s exactly what me and my amour did, opting for the double-bill from the Upset the Rhythm roster and a couple pre-show burgers and beers instead of Chateaubriand and bubbly.<\/p>\n<p>The main draw was London trio Trash Kit, but up first was Handle, a Manchester trio that proved to be far more interesting than their nondescript name. The band created a minimalist groove accentuated by off-kilter rhythms and the yelped vocals of Leo Hermitt. Their set cracked with synaptic energy as they showed off tracks from their forthcoming debut, <i>In Threes<\/i>, due out next month on Upset the Rhythm. Among the hightlights was \u201cMhmm,\u201d a cut that\u2019s received some airplay on BBC 6\u2014and with good reason; it\u2019s gang vocals and propulsive bassline meshed for something both primal and modern and which hit all the right nerves.<\/p>\n<p>Trash Kit came on next and announced their intention to play the entirety of their latest album, <i>Horizon<\/i> (one of the AR staff\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-agit-reader-top-10-of-2019\/\">favorites from last year<\/a>). However, it soon became clear that this wasn\u2019t going to be an ordinary run through the record as the trio was joined by a violinist, a saxophonist, and a ragtag choir of half-a-dozen people or so. As such, the record\u2019s 11 songs were rendered in full splendour; cuts like \u201cEvery Second\u201d and \u201cSunset\u201d were rambunctious send-ups, with the big band effectively sweeping the crowd up in its infectious clamor. But even when Trash Kit paired back to just its three core members for cuts like \u201cDislocate\u201d and \u201cWindow,\u201d it was hard not to be won over by the band\u2019s mix of loping guitars and syncopated beats. I was reminded of seeing David Byrne and his much larger entourage not too long ago, and not just because frontwoman Rachel Aggs was barefoot onstage. Byrne and Aggs share an obvious love for Afropop and a natural ability for translating that predilection into beguiling, quirky songs.<\/p>\n<p>Aggs is a natural bandleader and her wide grin seemed to capture the good vibe of the evening. The set ebbed and flowed not only with the flux of people onstage, but also with Aggs\u2019 flurries of chiming guitar notes. The capacity crowd responded enthusiastically throughout and probably wouldn\u2019t have minded a few more songs than just the one encore. Regardless, it was hard to have any complaints about the night\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don\u2019t go in for overpriced meals and cliched gestures, a good place to have spent Valentine\u2019s Day this year would have been at The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":7312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[2381,2366,1443],"class_list":["post-7308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-the-rumpus","tag-handle","tag-trash-kit","tag-whats-the-rumpus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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