Trof is an eating and drinking palace in Fallowfield, with a live music lounge. Upstairs is a dark painted vaulted ceilinged roof, where a mostly student aged crowd stood waiting on Thursday, June 20th. Singer Peter Cowap, dressed in skinny jeans, mop hairstyle, and winkle picker boots, grabbed the mic exclaiming that they, Purple Heart Parade, “We’re fucking massive!”
While still singing, Cowap a couple of times lay flat on the floor, crouched, and then wildly thrashed himself about and banged his tambourine on the floor. He is NOT what you’d call a stand behind the mic performer. Wearing a rosary around his neck, at times Cowap was so immersed in the music he seemed removed from the room entirely.
“LIES and KITES” was a slower psychedelic dream of a song. The band turned their backs on the room, not so as to shut us out, but instead to lose themselves in their sound.
“The Room”, a magnificent bow to Spiritualized (QRO live review), brought the set to a much too early end. People keep on listening, PHP keep on playing.
Set List
Starfucker Blues
Spiritworld
Painting Pictures
Lies and Kites
Cherry Juice
Drifter
The Room
-Amy Moss
