Reviews
The Loyalty Point @ BAC's Trashy Multi-Art-Form Bingo Blow Out on Sunday the 15th of October 2006
By: Samantha Crawford
Extremely hung-over from a night of clubbing in London, I was reluctant to make my way to Battersea Arts Centre for the BAC's Trashy Multi-Art-Form Bingo Blow Out. In the main house later that evening, I found myself eyes closed, floating to nirvana, transported by the sounds of The Loyalty Point, forgetting my hangover and feeling rewarded for my travels.
The band began with James Marsden (Vocals/Guitar), Rich Morgan (Guitar) and Duncan Waugh (Violin) who were fortunate enough to have met as musicians in their first year of University. The fourth member Sam Bennett (Bass) was welcomed in the next year as he joined the fellow musicians to study at Royal Holloway. Much to the fortune of the public, these men found each other and completed a masterpiece, their band, The Loyalty Point.
Listening to the students from Egham, I wondered how a band so talented has yet to be brought to the forefront and splashed all over the papers. The band is not only talented with their diverse folk rock, indie, and acoustic sound, but equally a soulful band that you truly will fail to resist closing your eyes to.
The four band members, all with their own separate style, differentiate themselves from many other bands with the ability to mould their creativity together. Many bands that you see at gigs today seem to be credible as individuals, but for some reason, whether it's ego or the inability to compromise their different styles, the music just doesn't seem to work. The Loyalty Point however, with James Marsden doing most of the talking on stage, giggle at one another's jokes, and refreshingly there is no sense of ego on the stage. All I could see and hear were four talented men who love music, and love playing with one another, and hence the rare species of a band void of ego and instead filled with unity and harmony.
These guys really take you to a new level, as their passion for music fills the room, and the band invites you to just sit down, listen and enjoy. The band should be heard by all and neglected by none. A true marvel and I wait impatiently for the work to be noticed and credited in the fashion it deserves. Let me be one of the first to say, watch this space.