"Politics Killer" by Loophole
Review
Loophole may I think justly be regarded as the current dark horses of Coventry & Warwickshire music.
On one hand, people love them and their music: winners of "Godiva Calling" last year, they graced the Main Stage at Godiva Festival 2024 like it was their natural home & delivered a really well received set (check it out via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6H-PywGyg4)
We featured their song "Politics Killer" on ‘Hot Music Live Presents Volume Thirteen' and the streaming figures via our Bandcamp site were phenomenal: it's already the most streamed of all 250 tracks we've shared with you across the fourteen albums to date.
However their overall public profile doesn't yet equate to this level of popular & critical acclaim. I hope you saw them at The Tin in February when they kindly played our fundraiser and where as usual they went down very well. However their live shows are less frequent than they hopefully will be: other factors of course being in play, not least the studies of the band's members: Nancy, George, Lucas & George.
Look out for them next on June 21st at The Arches and July 12th at the Allesley Festival
In the meantime, they've just put "Politics Killer" out as their debut single which should help spread the word: if its Spotify streams reflect the Bandcamp ones I mentioned then that will happen very quickly.
I'm delighted that this great song (produced by Mason Le Long who has worked with them for several years through the Live On Stage project organised by The Tin and Coventry Music) has now marked another milestone for them, which is great to report, though a "normal" review is a bit tricky in the context of a song most of you probably know already.
Loophole do however possess a commendable breadth of material: "Politics Killer" very much showcases the grittier end of this and as such is an excellent calling card for their edge and abilities at playing taut, economical excess-free music. Other tracks in their repertoire (as evidenced live) are more melodic and so as release follows release, you'll get to sample their many facets.
2025 has started quite quietly for Loophole after the triumphs of 2024 but this single I'm sure demonstrates their determination to build on these once the exam season is behind them
