02-05-2025
Shack review — a night of shimmering, glimmering guitar pop
St Luke's, a converted church once gutted by fire, is an appropriate place in which to see Shack, the Liverpool band whose beloved album Waterpistol was once thought lost in a studio blaze. Such stories, and a certain against-all-odds spirit, helps to explain why the group attract worshippers more than fans. Well, that and Michael Head's songs, which — as this Glasgow show proved — are often divine. Although Shack never formally split, this short tour marks their first shows in 15 years.
Support had come from another master songwriter: Gerard Love, formerly of Teenage Fanclub, whose own time in the wilderness seems to be coming to an end. His TFC classics — in particular, a lovely, lullabying version of Star Sign — were greeted
