Idiosyncratic.

The Imagery have just officially launched their first EP, "Idiosyncratic", through a gig at Rookies Sports Bar, Bugibba, Malta.

First off, a little about Rookies. It's a sports bar that pays homage to North American sports along with the typical European soccer and whatnot. Posters and jerseys of hockey and baseball players alongside various pieces of sports equipment stuck to the walls including hockey sticks and pucks. The bar has a very modest stage; the walls riddled with band posters and guitars signed by local talent. In other words, I don't think I'd find a better place for me personally to hang out at frequently if I were to live in Malta. Where else would I be able to find posters of Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Green Day and System of a Down in the same building?

I've been following The Imagery ever since they first started. Over the past couple of years they've grown more accustomed to live performances and have been able to define their own sound without falling into a specific genre. Confidence and stage presence has greatly increased since their first gigs with 3-song setlists, and they are definitely nothing short of entertaining. Last night's setlist included the likes of Wolfmother's "Love Train", Against Me's "Stop!", Muse's "Feeling Good", The Wombats' "Let's Dance to Joy Division", The Raconteurs' "Consolers of the Lonely" and Franz Ferdinand's "Do You Want To". From such songs you can get the general idea of what kind of sound the band has been able to familiarize with the most. Songs you can dance to, jump around to, headbang to and smash your buddy's head on a table to.

Alongside these songs were the four tracks of their EP:

1. Margie Bloom
2. Vegetarian Bacon Salad
3. Out There
4. Shakespeare's Break

Being a band who I personally think have a sound and stage performance unique to the island of Gozo, they are very well capable of standing out among other acts in the whole country. If you really want to support the band, I suggest you buy the EP, and don't make copies of it or send the songs around.

To conclude, you know you will never be cool or smart enough to name something "Vegetarian Bacon Salad". Leave it to them.