– Congratulations – In Session – Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – September 6, 2023 – BBC Radio –
Congratulations in session tonight. Recorded live on September 6 for Marc Riley at BBC Music.
Brighton And Hove News offer a few insights:
Brighton band ‘congratulations’ are four friends who found each other at the right time, fell into each other’s arms and started making music they liked. Boasting an impressive array of different influences, unashamedly intertwined into their songs. Think girl/boy centred vocals and eccentric fuzzed guitars lying on a bed of break beats and thunderous bass.
Fiercely DIY, ‘congratulations’ craft their songs with all four members meticulously involved in every aspect of the recording, production, and artwork. Donning their scrupulously prepared uniforms of orange, blue, red and yellow, the band deliver blistering, frenetic live performances, dripping with the sweat from their growing audiences.
How do congratulations describe themselves? Imagine the eclectic mix of Kate Bush if she did a duet with Prince, backed by The Beastie Boys. “We’re keen to avoid pigeonholing ourselves- we like the idea of free flowing influences in every track, letting anything and everything seep through – that way they always come out sounding like us” says Greg, who also produced the song.
Congratulations have always been wary of pigeonholing themselves in genre and subject, eager not to define themselves as set things, and this applies to lyrical content. Jamie continues “I don’t think you’d know it was about him unless I told you. I think we’ve all been excited for a date only for the person to be a bit of a… well not what you expected. I’m never mad keen on explaining a song to the nth degree but hopefully it’ll just make you smile listening again and realising what we were on about”
Well . . don’t just take the hometown paper’s word for it – Press Play and give a listen.
