The Fly Mag--Oct 2003

[john]

A strange review of a Carina gig at the Borderline(date unknown)by someone who I think is unfamiliar with her.It goes like this:
"Agitated,Carina Round kicks her shoes into the audience and scrambles barefoot around the stage.Face contorted and hair draped over an acoustic guitar,she's a vision of demented complexity.And like the Cure fronted by PJ Harvey,her music is equally intriguing---droning and shrieking as Carina quakes.Between songs there's uneasy calm as punters survey the room to check the evening hasn't been sabotaged by some mad woman from the asylum.They have good reason to be doubtful.Shaken by the strength of her own lyrics,Carina works the tiny stage like a space shuttle in a car park;crashing around with the grace of a schizophrenic pill-head.Like this,her safety--both physical and mental---looks in serious doubt. Thankfully she makes it to the set's end and storms quickly into her dressing room.The rest of us stand motionless in wonderment."
Methinks the reviewer just didn't get it.

[robvandam101]

My brain may not be working too well this morning but I do seem to remember Carina having an exchange of words with some journo she spotted in the crowd that night...

"Carina works the tiny stage like a space shuttle in a car park"

Surely that means she should be playing on a much bigger stage...

Well never mind the review as me and my mate Ian had a kickass night and enjoyed both Jamie Lawson and the other support guy as well...

[Steve]

John said:

A strange review of a Carina gig at the Borderline(date unknown)by someone who I think is unfamiliar with her.It goes like this:
"Agitated,Carina Round kicks her shoes into the audience and scrambles barefoot around the stage.Face contorted and hair draped over an acoustic guitar,she's a vision of demented complexity.And like the Cure fronted by PJ Harvey,her music is equally intriguing---droning and shrieking as Carina quakes.Between songs there's uneasy calm as punters survey the room to check the evening hasn't been sabotaged by some mad woman from the asylum.They have good reason to be doubtful.Shaken by the strength of her own lyrics,Carina works the tiny stage like a space shuttle in a car park;crashing around with the grace of a schizophrenic pill-head.Like this,her safety--both physical and mental---looks in serious doubt. Thankfully she makes it to the set's end and storms quickly into her dressing room.The rest of us stand motionless in wonderment."
Methinks the reviewer just didn't get it.

Not feeling especially eloquent right now so I'll just say:

"What a load of bollocks!"

[Russ L]

That's a fantastic review! I would love one like that if I was Carina.