The Lanes, BristolThe band who straddled shoegaze and Britpop have to rely on backing tracks at times, but this warm, jangling gig feels like the right kind of return
Nothing says reunion tour quite like fists thrust into the air above bobbing bald patches. Two decades and change is a long time to be away, and there is a bashfulness to guitarist-vocalist Sice Rowbottom’s banter that betrays the fact that the Boo Radleys, completed by bassist Tim Brown and drummer Rob Cieka, with former songwriter Martin Carr remaining on the sidelines, are still working towards peak fitness.
Having passed up an open goal by electing not to begin their first show in 24 years with the towering Lazarus, the group turn to their finest song as a pre-encore kicker, offering a glimpse of what they may be capable of once the ring rust has worn off.