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Cansei de Ser Sexy, Nottingham Rescue Rooms, 10/2/2007

Gigs // Steve // 16th February 2007

There would be photos, but all you would see is the backs of freakishly tall people's heads. I was stood behind a six foot four lizard who must've had the dance bone removed from his body at birth. I'm convinced people don't dance in Nottingham.

So we were really, really packed into the Rescue Rooms for the return of CSS. They had their first gig in Europe over in Stealth, and now they're back before they go on the upcoming and predictably badly-named (but sold out) NME New Rave tour with the Klaxons and the New Young Pony Club.

On they came with black capes over their heads to ye olde "No limits" by 2unlimited (presumably in reference to the New Rave tour), which segued into an exuburent version of "CSS Suxxx".

Because we're such bloody rebels, we eschew basic journalistic skills like research beyond what we can type in the Google search box, I'd not heard the album beyond a few random tracks. Everyone's favourite single "Let's make love and listen Death from Above" was just ok, "I love alcohol" was a bit of drunken pub singalong cobblers, but "This month day 10" was a cracker.

Lovefoxxx makes for a great lead singer, no studied posing, dressed in a leotard like a dance instructor, hair going in all directions, random comments and audience rabble rousing inbetween songs, but no crowd surfing this time.

Flickr type DannyNorth got some shots last time they were at Stealth, gives a good idea of the intensity of CSS live. They're in London in April, and in Brighton and Manchester in May - check their dates....