Monday, November 12, 2007
Young Knives
Sunday is a rubbish day for a gig. After a very civilised, but drunken, saturday night with some uni friends and a Sunday spent playing computer games I was very tired indeed but I had tickets to see the Young Knives and Pete and the Pirates, so I bravely ventured out into the cold night air.
It was a really good night. The first band Outside Royalty were a bit 'meh'. I've just seen whilst getting that link for them that their summary that shows up in Google is "The Outside Royalty: Think Bowie fronting the Arcade Fire." Wow. They do have some girls playing strings, but I don't think they sounded that much like Arcade Fire really. And I have no idea where the Bowie thing comes from. Their set got better as it went on, probably saved the best for when the venues are fuller, and the highlight was an entertaining cover of Eleanor Rigby.
Pirates were very good as always, not as good as the single launch the other week. They tend to feed off the crowd and it was a bit of a subdued Sunday night crowd (I certainly was...). Oh, they have a new website on the way, there's a placeholder page at the moment where you can download "Not a Friend" it's good.
The Young Knives were really very good. One of those bands from whom it turns out I knew a lot more songs than I thought. Very funny in between song banter. Big Pete pirate introduced me to House of Lords (the bass player) before the gig and he seemed quite quiet, but not on stage. Current single Terra Firma was a particular highlight.
It was a really good night. The first band Outside Royalty were a bit 'meh'. I've just seen whilst getting that link for them that their summary that shows up in Google is "The Outside Royalty: Think Bowie fronting the Arcade Fire." Wow. They do have some girls playing strings, but I don't think they sounded that much like Arcade Fire really. And I have no idea where the Bowie thing comes from. Their set got better as it went on, probably saved the best for when the venues are fuller, and the highlight was an entertaining cover of Eleanor Rigby.
Pirates were very good as always, not as good as the single launch the other week. They tend to feed off the crowd and it was a bit of a subdued Sunday night crowd (I certainly was...). Oh, they have a new website on the way, there's a placeholder page at the moment where you can download "Not a Friend" it's good.
The Young Knives were really very good. One of those bands from whom it turns out I knew a lot more songs than I thought. Very funny in between song banter. Big Pete pirate introduced me to House of Lords (the bass player) before the gig and he seemed quite quiet, but not on stage. Current single Terra Firma was a particular highlight.
# posted by Mike @ 14:58 
