Chew Lips earn reputation as "rocking live band"
Though Chew Lips may have faced technical difficulties at Bestival, that didn’t stop the trio from putting on one of the brilliant, floor rocking performances they’ve become known for.
“Yeah,” confirms frontwoman Tigs in an interview with Click Music,
“there was like, cords cutting out. It was just, basically everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. And it’s funny because
we haven’t had any technical problems the whole summer, and last weekend, on the Sunday night at Jersey Live we probably played the
best we’ve ever played, and it would have been so nice to end the festival season there. But we came here with such high hopes, and
then I picked up the microphone for the first song and the lead fell out – the first two lines I sang with nothing. That’s never
happened, I was gutted.”
The band still got a decent review from Click Music, which called Tigs “a confident performer,
commanding the stage while James and Will flank her with their gadgetry and bass guitar behind.” Even if Chew Lips were dealing with
technical problems, the frontwoman’s voice remained “effortless, rocketing around the airy tent: potent, crisp and
warming.”
Chew Lips have played a load of gigs since they formed about a year and a half ago and have gained a worthy
reputation as live performers.
“It makes me feel grateful that we’re a good live band,” Tigs said when asked about falling album
sales. “I think it’s completely valid. I think anybody with enough help and the progress of technology can sound good on record, but
if you can’t recreate live then you are nobody. I think we’ve got a reputation as a good live band and that makes me deeply, deeply
happy.”
