Working Men’s Club delight Dalston with their dancefloor fillers… 

Playing to a packed crowd on a buzzing Saturday night at Earth Hall, the enthusiasm for is palpable in the room tonight. Their trippy synth driven sound has a hypnotic quality that keeps the largely young crowd that keeps the crowd engaged. Their lively perhaps peaks four songs in, with their infectious dancefloor filler ‘John Cooper Clarke’ throbbing through the venue. 

Making a return with their recent single ‘Devout’ released in September, the band described how it marks a new chapter for their sound in an article about its release in NME: “The song takes on an intense, looming electronica sound as it fades in, with the rapidly increasing instrumentation being topped off with Sargeant’s distinctive, synth-inspired vocals.”

Their sound evokes a trippy, pulsating psychedelic assault on the senses, combined with their pithy lyrics such as: “The luckiest man alive one day will die/He may survive the 50 foot woman/But still one day, he will die” have a mesmerising effect with their haunting vocal delivery that really compels the crowd at this relatively intimate venue. 

Their psychedic tendencies perfectly prime the crowd for headliners to headline on the same stage tonight, third on the bill behind main support . Working Men’s Club’s adjacent sound ideally suits the night club feel of Earth Hall. 

Despite their minimal crowd interaction, the band let the synths and their intense lyrics speak for themselves tonight, and it’s easy see why the queue for their set snaked all around the block for a wild Saturday performance.