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30th January ‘08 at Korova, Liverpool
Sit at home working out the time signatures of your math rock records if you must. Ziroki's cult Scouse following is merrymaking enough for all the Foals fans in the world tonight. Syrian-born frontman Ziyad Al-Samman is the spit of classic rocker Phil Lynott and dresses like a colour-blind Willy Wonka. He probably looks like a fucking star when he's just popping out for some milk, so stick him behind a microphone with three equally flamboyant oddballs playing scratchy cartoon pop and you can see why the venue's packed out this early on a wet Wednesday evening.
Barely thirty seconds in and they've got everyone miming along with the swimming-fish hand motions that match the nursery rhyme melody of Dead Sea, while fan fave In My Heart bounces off the walls like only the best party-time power-pop can. Sound cheesy? That's the point. The lads may as well have a neon sign flashing “FROMAGE” behind them. Because they're having more fun tonight than a whole army of “it's all about the music, maaan” dullards have ever had in their life. And if that means they need to get the Laughing Cow in to help on the occasional harmony, Ziroki don't really care.