Live review - in Spitting Glass Stars Magazine

Lapsus Linguae live review by Sarah in issue eight:

Again don't have a record of the date but we remeber it was Black era shows so probably sometime in 2003

Lapsus Linguae. Answers on a postcard please.
One of the weirdest, coolest and punkiest bands in Edinburgh - if not Scotland, if not the UK. Four of them with identical t-shirts - guitar, bass, drums…and piano. AA heavy punk / metal guitar-bass-drums sound with classical piano over the top. No, really. It sounds mad and it sounds fantastic.
The guy in the centre of the stage looks as though he was born to stand there with bass guitar, leather trousers and spiky hair and face. A perfect representation of a traditional pretty-boy punk rocker. From this focal point you'd think it's just another guy who wants to be Sid in another traditional punk band. But when the music starts you realise that the band are blessed with the truly individual spirit of punk - totally original, totally dedicated, totally fuck-you-all. The two piano players (the original one later swaps with the bassist) are obviously classically trained and love playing. It's a mile away from the usual sullen-faced indie kid pressing one or two keys. How many bands do you see with a piano player? How many punk bands do you see with a piano player? How many with two? Gotcha - report to Lapsus Linguae at their next live date.
In between songs they shout nonsense, cough rudely into the microphones, share their drinks with each other (ie. spit), kiss and fight. They often do all these during songs too. The most fascinating live band I've seen in a long time, the most original band I've seen in an even longer time - you MUST go and see them as soon as you can. If for no other reason than my sneaking suspicion that they are evil geniuses plotting to take over the world. Best go and make friends ASAP.