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This was most welcome as they have been, or about to be, touring with such bands as My Vitriol and Ash, who I refuse to give my good money to see. The irony is that they can outplay both the aforementioned bands many times over, but always seem to live in their shadows. Such is the music industry. It was a good mix of old and new songs tonight on quite a large stage, and with the biggest drum riser I've seen for a long time - you could only make out the top of Caroline's drum sticks most of the time. I could go on for ages about how good tracks such as 'Guntip', 'Splinter' and 'Psychic Rainy Nights' come across live, with all their energy and all out rock action, but I've done that before. A mention must go out to Kev from Billy Mahonie who played guitar during 'Folksong Crisis' - he had mentioned to me that he had only rehearsed half the song in sound-check and he couldn't remember it! But on the night it all came good with the all out noise and dry ice adding to the effect. Tonight the most striking pieces were the quieter songs. The subtlety of 'In This Light Will You Fight Me?' and 'Desert Stretched Before The Sun' were really quite hard hitting in their own way, as there wasn't the normal chattering of the crowd that you'd get with any other gig. David also did a solo of the old song 'We Felt Maroon' before they band launched into a great version of 'Psychic Rainy Nights'. It was a great night out, which just goes to reinforce the fact that there are some great UK bands out there gagging to be heard. skippy set-list: Cloaking / Western Battle / Porchlight / In This Light Will You Fight Me? / Guntrip / Pleasurehead / This Is Not An Exit / Desert Stretched Before The Sun / Similar Assassins / Splinter / Folksong Crisis. |