Hooton Tennis Club tune up in front of a Marquee packed with people sopping wet from the downpour outside. Other than a muted chant of ‘Hooton! Hooton!’ it seems like most are here to shelter.
The Liverpool quartet with a Brooklyn Sound come offstage soaked in sweat, leaving a tent full of converts to their heavy-riffing twin guitar indie rock, Could be Merseyside’s answer to Parquet Courts. It’s all about ‘Powerful Pierre’, a three-minute barrage of sandpaper-rough guitars and shouted vocals from singing guitarists James Madden and Ryan Murphy. The fact that Hooton Tennis Club are itching to make as much noise as possible. The rain does Hooton Tennis Club a favour, and their fuzzy melodies and headbanging stage presence ensure a bustling crowd stays put. This time next year they’ll be powering through songs from debut album ‘Highest Point In Cliff Town’ due 28th August on Heavenly Recordings on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury. With a year to bed in, and on a much bigger PA, they’ll be massive. Check them out at Summer Festivals
To coincide with the track, the band have revealed a new video which seeʼs them frolicking in the park as well as performing at our Heavenly 25 birthday party earlier this year.
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