 It’s
a bit of a strange one tonight its only a Thursday,
but there's only Two bands on, plenty of time
to discuss
Neon trees are a 5 piece rock band with a really
catchy indie rock sound with some synth in there.
The guitarist has got a really great guitar sound,
simple melodies, played really well, the whole
band has got a good vibe going on, all the songs
really bounce along, and are sung really well,
his voice is a tad rough but really holds a tune.
The drumming is simple and it works well with
the aesthetics of the song. The bass follows the
drums pretty much. And the rhythm guitarist holds
his own pretty well, as I said every part works
to make a great whole, the singer created a great
rapport with the crowd tonight, and got the crowd
really involved got em singing along. They also
put on a good visual show; it's a good lively
performance. Angels and airwaves have got their
work cut out to top this.
 Angels and Airwaves will they be as good as I
remember them being back in 2008 and also my first
big gig behind a serious camera, so I guess this
is full circle now.
They open there set after a tad of a delay between
the lights going down and the start of Et Ducit,
great way to start the set, slow build then really
gets going, this is followed by it hurts and Young
London, although I’m pretty sure he slipped
a Birmingham in there to please the locals. Hallucinations
closed the opening of the set. Tom then proceeds
to give a little talk about good bands from the
UK that he listened to when he grew, much to the
delight of the crowd, how he loves the UK, talks
about love and how they've written a real love
song which he subsequently cocks up some of the
words but its all good fun really. They carry
on with songs such as Magic, Life Line, Shove
Adventure; Apollo which is pretty cool still,
Atomic and Secret crowds finishes the main set.
Some of the songs are superb, great woven melodies,
good solid drumming and bass playing that make
the songs really bounce along at times, The lead
guitar is pretty damn good poppy riffs, that work
really well with the rhythm guitar. I really dig
the instrumental intros or interludes tying the
set together in places, there well thought out
and nice to listen to, and would work well in
a film which I'm sure will feature on their forthcoming
film.
They return with Breathe another storming song
and close the set with War, which is a pretty
good way to finish with a strong song. AVA now
have more songs, better more mature songs, Tom
and the band are still rocking, and there sounding
pretty damn good!
Neon Trees - 4/5
Angels And Airwaves - 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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