Mangomad

October 21st. 2005
The List

Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh

3 star review ***

Even though it was teatime on a rainy Friday evening, the one-man band turned four-piece rock show of Mangomad deserved a better audience than it had. Still, as word of these free early evening, end of week gigs in their union spreads, hopefully more Edinburgh College Of Art students will make it a regular port of call.

Once upon a time this place was packed out as soon as the weekend started, and surely their lack of knowledge is more feasible than the thought that they've collectively decided to go teetotal.

Anyway, the Mangomad experience was a perfectly pleasant way to see off the week. The solo project of Yummi Records co-founder Kelman Greig, the dense electronica sounds like the work of a man who spends far too long on his computer. Were it not, that is, for the inspired decision to appoint ex-members of The Silver Pill and Bombskare to guitar and drumming duties, fleshing out the bleeps with a satisfyingly psych-country ambiance.

David Pollock

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