London Barfly Wired Desire Reviewed By : Tim Kernutt

Daring. Compelling. Engaging. No, this is not an advertisement for a new fragrance. Rather, it is an apt description of the long-haired and crazy band Wired Desire. Playing at cosy Fly Bar recently, the band ensured that this reviewer had as fun and entertaining a Monday night as can be managed during a working week.

There may well be a distinctive lack of heavy-rock music around at the moment, but Wired Desire are trying to break this mould with their own heavy-rock touch. The band are as excitable as they are exciting. But these boys are not new kids on the block, having formed in Glasgow around two years ago. This goes some length to explain their polished performance.

The Monday night crowd were fairly subdued and took as long to warm up as an English morning in autumn but soon there was more foot tapping than at a tap-dancing school. Lead singer, Kieran Daly, as charismatic as he is talented, glanced at me upon directing the audience to loosen up and promptly shook me out of a state of laziness compelling me to head due north to the bar. Before long I too was joining in with the foot-tappers, but what the hey – Monday night is the new Thursday night after all!

Short and punchy was the name of the game, which meant that the band's performance had enormous impact despite finishing somewhat prematurely. Rest assured though, I predict that these boys will have as long a career as their hair length. Which, at this moment in time, is rather long indeed.