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I Am Kloot, Union Chapel

I Am Kloot, Union Chapel

Mancunian trio deliver new material with charm and energy

I Am Kloot: Charmingly shambolic

I Am Kloot are a band it’s hard not to like in an almost personal way. The Manchester-based trio exude warmth, northern charm and a sense of self-contentment, seemingly impervious to the fact that they still haven’t made it as big as everyone thinks they should. Maybe that’s unsurprising. With the band’s leader in his forties, maybe it would be odder if they weren’t making music for reasons other than pampering egos. And it shows.

I Am Kloot are a band it’s hard not to like in an almost personal way. The Manchester-based trio exude warmth, northern charm and a sense of self-contentment, seemingly impervious to the fact that they still haven’t made it as big as everyone thinks they should. Maybe that’s unsurprising. With the band’s leader in his forties, maybe it would be odder if they weren’t making music for reasons other than pampering egos. And it shows.

The band came on to whoops, they left to whoops and the whooping hardly let up throughout. Remarkable for a band that mainly deals with the tortured end of the soul

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First time Klooter - loved it, very intimate, went stressed, left content. 'What a dump' the man said on entering, yeah, but what a performance. Non Klooters - sign up!

Amazing gig - so happy for John and co. Thanks to John (and the Union Chapel on the night) for allowing me to embark on a visual arts collaboration.

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