Motion City Soundtrack (Koko, 04/05/15)
The Xcerts opened the show. I've seen them three times over the past eight months and have largely thought the same thing each time. That they're basically unremarkable. They play rock that's very middle of the road, largely inoffensive but with nothing to really distinguish them. The exception is "Slackerpop", during which the band succeed in coaxing a singalong out of a largely reticient crowd due to its hook laden chorus.
Onto Motion City Soundtrack then, playing their first London headline show since September 2012. Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder, as this was the most fun I've had at a gig in a long time. There was a nostalgic element certainly in listening to "Commit This To Memory" in full, their breakout 2005 record. From opener "Attractive Today" (a 2 minute track that succinctly encapsulates what it is to be young and lost), to the huge synth line of "Time Turned Fragile", to the heartbreaking "Hold Me Down", I slip into these songs like a comfortable pair of shoes. These songs of youthful struggle mean as much to me now as they did when I was 16.
B side "Invisible Monsters" is a nice unexpected treat for the die hard fans to open the second half of the set, followed by the debut of a new track "Anything At All" which suggested we can expect a heavier sound from their sixth full length record due out later this year. The mellow "Last Night", with its piano melodies proves a highlight before the band close with the old school salvo of "Capital H", "The Future Freaks Me Out" and "My Favourite Accident". The room goes bonkers, as well it should. This is a live show of the highest calibre and my gig of the year so far by an absolute country mile.
Onto Motion City Soundtrack then, playing their first London headline show since September 2012. Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder, as this was the most fun I've had at a gig in a long time. There was a nostalgic element certainly in listening to "Commit This To Memory" in full, their breakout 2005 record. From opener "Attractive Today" (a 2 minute track that succinctly encapsulates what it is to be young and lost), to the huge synth line of "Time Turned Fragile", to the heartbreaking "Hold Me Down", I slip into these songs like a comfortable pair of shoes. These songs of youthful struggle mean as much to me now as they did when I was 16.
B side "Invisible Monsters" is a nice unexpected treat for the die hard fans to open the second half of the set, followed by the debut of a new track "Anything At All" which suggested we can expect a heavier sound from their sixth full length record due out later this year. The mellow "Last Night", with its piano melodies proves a highlight before the band close with the old school salvo of "Capital H", "The Future Freaks Me Out" and "My Favourite Accident". The room goes bonkers, as well it should. This is a live show of the highest calibre and my gig of the year so far by an absolute country mile.
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