STILL The L.E.D.s

The L.E.D.s are a four piece electro indie act with a line-up that consists of four members, all of whom are familiar and comfortable with performing live. Frontman Blair Parkes [keyboards] felt right at home in the tavern bar fell, with light banter throughout the performance , as did his offsider, the excellent Helen greenfield [keyboards], who has previously played with the sadly now defunct Barnards Star. The rest of the band is made up of Marcus Thomas [bass] and Dan Batkin-Smith [whose cool drum kit looked a lot like scaffolding].

With a series of programmed beats and their live drummer and bassist, The L.E.D.s produce a sound that at times ethereal and haunting , before dropping back into moments of pop/ rock and dance music.
The band’s songs benefit from some well-chosen electro samples, which on the night included Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygen, using its simple chord sample as used on the track Rumba. With an obvioulsy loyal following and recent suppoprt from RDU98.5FM giving them some well deserved radio play, and their 2006 debut release We are the L.E.D.s [Seaside] still available, the Beat will be expecting to hear a lot more from this popular act.