Fred Perry and boutique magazine, Jocks & Nerds have teamed up to create a mini film that focuses on new millennial subcultures in the UK.
This film puts Nottingham in the picture, and how appropriate considering it’s one of the UK’s most creative music scenes with a plethora of venues to choose from. This particular film hones in on the tribal spirit of Nottingham-based post-punk band Kagoule and their fans.
Like most bands, Kagoule try their best not to be tagged in any specific genre. We would place them in an episode of Nottingham’s ‘This Is England 90!’
One of the few things you can categorically say about what kind of band Kagoule are is that they are a Nottingham band. And, as a Nottingham band, Kagoule form part of an eclectic group of young artists that the music press have dubbed the city’s new scene.
But Kagoule contest even this. “Im not sure if it is a scene or not really,” says guitarist/vocalist Cai Burns. “The musicians in this city just have mutual respect and help each other out in any way they can, no matter who you are or what type of music you play.”
Kagoule is made up of Burns, bassist Lucy Hatter and drummer Lawrence English, who got together in 2011 while all in their mid-teens. All three were influenced by 1990s alternative rock and it would be easy to tag their sound in the same genre, although another tag that Kagoule seems to fit is “post-punk”. Given that other Nottingham groups, such as Sleaford Mods, have been described in the same way, you might be forgiven for asking whether post-punk is the Nottingham sound.
