Review - Toxic Sofa
GSMC Online Music Club – Sunday 31st January 2021
Tonight’s GSMC Online Music Club features Toxic Sofa featuring Tim Bastock and Kim Halliday who were up to a year ago a Bracknell based duo who could be seen at Open Mic Nights across Berkshire on a regular basis and have now relocated to North Yorkshire.
After a few technical problems tonight’s performance with the help of green screen technology see’s them performing at the end of Saltburn Pier which is local to them dressed in overcoats and Tim is wearing the almost obligatory flat cap. Their set consists mainly of cover versions with Tim on guitar and both of them singing, starting with Blondies ‘Sunday Girl followed a really good version of the Procol Harum classic ‘Knights in White Satin’ with a recorder solo from Kim which really fits the song, followed by Fred Wedlock’s ‘The Oldest Swinger in Town’.
The green screen changes to a view from a Space Station looking down on the world for ‘Mad World’ THE Tears for Fears song before going into David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’. The green screen changes to the picturesque view from their studio for a lounge jazz version of ABC’s ‘Poison Arrow. The highlight for me is the one original number they did ‘Life on the Road’ which sums up what being in a band is like for so many people. All in all a good fun Sunday evening watching live music online.
You can find out more about Toxic Sofa by visiting their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438335743136189