Cambridgeshire trio The Perfect Crime are tonight’s
openers. Having recently released their debut
album Everything Else Can Wait to a rapturous
response from fans and press alike, this young
band are certainly an exciting prospect for the
future of British music.
Showing a maturity well beyond their years, they
rattle through a set of explosive proportion.
The Perfect Crime blend subtle intricacies much
akin to the likes of Oceansize with crashing riffs
straight from Deftones’ White Pony. The
track ‘Hailstones’ sounds absolutely
huge, tonight The Perfect Crime show that they
have the potential to compete with the big league.
Despite proving to be a formidable opening act,
there’s only one band that everyone has
come to see this evening. Approaching their fifteen
year anniversary, InMe show no signs of swapping
their guitars for a pipe and slippers any time
soon.
2003’s debut alum Overgrown Eden launched
the Essex three-piece into the mainstream, singles
such as ‘Crushed Like Fruit’, ‘Underdose’
and ‘Neptune’ became just as popular
on Radio 1 play lists as they did on rock club
dance floors. Since then, the band has released
a further three records, lost and gained a member
or two and now they are back with Phoenix: The
Best of InMe and are currently hotfooting around
the UK on a tour playing an album a night to nostalgia
hungry fans.
Tonight InMe are playing White Butterfly in its
entirety to a slightly claustrophobic Moho Live.
From the moment the surging chords of ‘7Weeks’
are wrung, the crowd begin to party like it is
2005. It’s clear to see exactly how much
this band mean to some people, many years of memories
played out before them in a concentrated two hour
set. Songs such as ‘So You Know’ and
‘Faster The Chase’ have matured, yet
still remain as fresh as the first time you heard
them.
After milking White Butterfly for all its worth,
Dave McPherson and co. return to the stage to
treat the adoring fans to a selection of InMe
classics. Overgrown Eden’s ‘Underdose’
and ‘Her Mask (P.A)’ receive spectacular
reactions and as the crowd filters out of the
venue, not a single face bears anything other
than a smile. Whatever InMe still have after all
these years, I want some of it.
The Perfect Crime - 4/5
INME - 5/5
Review By Ben Connell
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