The Early November (The Fighting Cocks,29/04/15)
Down to Kingston last night for The Early November at the Fighting Cocks, a proper tiny sweat box of a venue.
First up were A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, the New Yorkers on their first tour of the UK. This quartet have a lot of strings to their bow, from Weezer style alternative rock, to indie and melodic rock. The result is a set that's always interesting. I'll certainly be checking out more from them. They're warmly applauded as they leave the stage and rightly so.
You Blew It! clearly have a lot of fans in Kingston already on the basis of tonight's performance. They basically play shouty angsty punk rock without a great deal of nuance. Neither especially bad nor particularly good, there are other bands out there doing this sort of thing and doing it better.
So to The Early November. An early rendition of "I Want To Hear You Sad" from their debut EP is my highlight of the evening, with massive singalongs all over the room. It generates a level of energy that seldom lets up throughout the 75 minute set, incorporating huge alternative rock anthems like "Decoration" and "Narrow Mouth" from next month's new record "Imbue". The latter in particular sounds enormous, with front man Ace Ender's vocals sounding sharper than ever. The night closes with "Every Night's Another Story", the first track from their first record with crowdsurfing chaos aplenty.
This is the band's first ever headline tour in the UK and while tonight may be about nostalgia, there's enough here to suggest a bright future for the band post-hiatus too. Ace promises us that it won't be another decade before they're back and I hope he's right.
First up were A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, the New Yorkers on their first tour of the UK. This quartet have a lot of strings to their bow, from Weezer style alternative rock, to indie and melodic rock. The result is a set that's always interesting. I'll certainly be checking out more from them. They're warmly applauded as they leave the stage and rightly so.
You Blew It! clearly have a lot of fans in Kingston already on the basis of tonight's performance. They basically play shouty angsty punk rock without a great deal of nuance. Neither especially bad nor particularly good, there are other bands out there doing this sort of thing and doing it better.
So to The Early November. An early rendition of "I Want To Hear You Sad" from their debut EP is my highlight of the evening, with massive singalongs all over the room. It generates a level of energy that seldom lets up throughout the 75 minute set, incorporating huge alternative rock anthems like "Decoration" and "Narrow Mouth" from next month's new record "Imbue". The latter in particular sounds enormous, with front man Ace Ender's vocals sounding sharper than ever. The night closes with "Every Night's Another Story", the first track from their first record with crowdsurfing chaos aplenty.
This is the band's first ever headline tour in the UK and while tonight may be about nostalgia, there's enough here to suggest a bright future for the band post-hiatus too. Ace promises us that it won't be another decade before they're back and I hope he's right.
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