![]() This newly formed band are tight and on the money. The tribal drum beat builds as the riffs start and with a flurry of cymbals the song pulses along. The clean guitar in the breakdown is unexpected but works so well. The wall of sound is pulsing in your face. We’re liking this band a lot, the crowd are on board with nodding heads, as the whoah’s start for the ‘Burn the Vision’ A thudding drum beat has the guitars cutting in as George ties himself in knots as he delivers the vocal. The rim shot on the drum also adds a flavour before it thumps into a crushing snare beat, a pause and then pure anger from George as the song throbs towards a crushing finish. The angry chorus pulses on and then we get a nice guitar lick, a tinkling, which adds to the different colours already being thrown at us. Towner is pulling some great shapes as he thrashes out the melody of ‘Cut It’, is string bending intro is great to see, as Burdett picks it up and drives the song along. I can get that watching the official video or listening to the album, with all its fluffy bits. ![]() Hard hitting where it needed to be, catchy hooks and loads of activity on stage, I prefer to see and animated band enjoying themselves, warts and all than a static band trying to be textbook perfect. I, personally hadn’t managed to catch ‘Amongst Liars’ before, but so far they were playing a great set. The energy from the band has migrated into the small intimate crowd. Oarton, on drums has removed his top, and why not the bugger is shredded, the girls will appreciate that I’m sure. The fourth song has George again delivering a solid vocal, it does seem a bit distorted, and in that maybe not as clear as you’d like, but it doesn’t distract to much from the tune. The guitars riff and drums crash but the song remains tight and effective, I’ve got to say that one hooked me in totally. And then the breakdown sees the band riffing out, Georges vocal is affirmative in its determination but it never loses the control of its gentle rasping, frayed delivery. There is an expected anticipation of what’s to come as the song grooves along. Reign’ has a gentler riffing intro has your head nodding and foot tapping, as George’s vocal twists, gently, around the melody. The Breakdown has Burdett going into overtime as he fights with his guitar that’s got a mind of its own, in a good way. Cupping his mic with both hands he’s down on his knees as he screams out the vocal. Fuzzed guitar and bass riff along as George agonises with the vocal. Over and Over’ keeps the energy right up there, starting off with a steady drum beat from Adam Oarton. This is a great opening song full of intent and takes no prisoners. Ross Towner is angry as he beats his ¾ size Fender Mustang bass, its rumbling is dark and dirty as it slams into you face. Ian George is animated as he prowls the stage delivering his angst filled vocals. The dark rumbling bass giving the guitar of Leo Burdett a solid backbone so he can dish out the nasty distorted riffs. Kicking off the set with ‘Black Days’ the band are instantly dark and brooding. The newly formed band have drawn inspiration from other melodic ‘groove’ rock bands like Shinedown and Audioslave to come up with a package that rocks, and rocks hard. This hard-hitting band are born from the untimely demise of two previous bands, ‘Saint Apache’ and ‘Katalina Kicks’. ![]() There’s seems to be a lot happening as I drive into Nottingham, in fact covering less than 3miles takes 40 something minutes, an agonizing drive to say the least.įirst up we have Eastbourne rockers ‘ Amongst Liars’. ![]() Waldorf is fireworking tonight so it’s another solo trip. I get the call to go and cover a band playing Rock City (BETA) so I head off to Nottingham once again. Review & Photography by Manny Manson for MPM
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