 Well getting there early once again, what a waste
of time, as i find out to my dismay that the first
band isn't on till 8 pm, and there's only two
bands playing, well first up are Olympic Swimmers
a 5 piece band from Scotland and right from the
off im bored already in fact i left the pit half
way through the first song as they were rooted
to the spot hardly moving to there intertwining
melodic sounds, its all very light melodic stuff,
but it could be more exciting, i could hardly
hear the singers voice, im sure she had a decent
one, on any other night i may have liked what
i was hearing but i just wasn't feeling it, they
had a lot of equipment on stage and wasn't really
using it that effectively, the crowd hardly looked
thrilled either, i hope the price they paid wasn't
too hefty as they were only getting two bands
for there hard earned!
Finally after what seemed an eternity, which
im pretty sure time stopped at some point to prolong
my boredom, Idlewild made their way to the stage
opening with 'Dreams of Nothing' to which the
crowd showed that they were still alive and could
get rowdy or as rowdy as an  idlewild crowd can
get! Now i have to say Idlewilds sound is not
the liveliest in the world but they have some
decent melody going on in there songs, they guys
on stage stood still then just randomly move in
some erratic way, the bass player for one seemed
quite content to hide near the amps,but looked
like he was happy back there. Make another World,
Readers and Writers and Hiding Place seemed to
stir up the crowd and the super fan i was standing
next to who should have been in the main crowd
bouncing along with the rest of them, while i
enjoyed their set, i have to there not the most
exciting band ive ever seen be it sonically or
visually, there not really pushing the boundaries
with there material, i hate to use the word average
but they were, there songs never seemed to go
anywhere, perhaps i missed the point really!
Olympic Swimmers– 2/5
Idlewild – 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
