I had half an hour to kill, waiting for Mrs. K, and I scrolled through BBC iPlayer until I found a 'best of' this year's Green Man Festival, which in turn introduced me to Pigeon.
A 5-piece straight outta Margate, the show featured just one song, Miami, but that was enough to get me online and add their debut album Outtanational to my Bandcamp Friday shopping bag.
If you haven't been tempted by the image of a man dressed as a sunflower to click on the above video, then here's Pigeon's performance of Miami on Later...With Jools Holland back in June, which I missed.
The Green Man version of Miami doesn't seem to be online, but instead here's Black James Dean.
And, if that hasn't persuaded you yet, then what about the lads donning - what else? - pigeon masks for their single/video Mirror Test?
You may think it's a (bird)shit name, but there's nothing shit about Pigeon's music, vibrant, lively and lots and lots of fun. Outtanational is a late contender for my tip top list of 2026 albums.
And, naturally, I immediately thought of this when I saw the band name:
Slightly disappointed that this wasn't the in depth feature on the career of Lieutenant Pigeon and their inexplicable lack of success after 'Mouldy Old Dough'. But thank you anyway.
ReplyDeleteI was predisposed to distrust a band called Pigeon but those clips are really good. Black James Dean a banger. And the first song you posted is very good indeed.
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DeleteI happened upon the Mirror Test video some months back and was so impressed that I immediately bagged a ticket for the band's local show at the end of January 2027. I subsequently forgot about them a bit and didn't even realise that the album was out, but all these tunes are great! Heading over to Bandcamp now...
ReplyDeleteForget Lieutenant Pigeon, the first bit of music that came to mind for me was, "Stop That Pigeon". Can still remember all the words!
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