 Heavens Basement take the stage and the room livens
up slightly but still not much. They play through
some of their old classics and some newer songs
off their new EP to showcase their new singer
Aaron Buchanan on his debut tour; great voice
which superb live sound but I find Aaron to be
a little over the top for my liking when it comes
to his attitude and stage antics. I know that
their previous singer Richie as they all did took
influence in the way they dress and act from the
glam scene but the way in which Aaron constantly
dances around in the way that he does is pushing
it just a bit too far. At the end however he redeems
himself and firmly establishes why he deserves
to be the front man of such a formidable band
by stage diving after dancing along the front
barrier and then hanging upside down from the
lighting rig; it was an absolutely tremendous
moment during the night and also pure insanity.
When this band release their debut album and perhaps
tone back the dancing they will be all set to
become an unstoppable force in the British music
scene.
 Jettblack spring onto the stage in front of a
slightly diminished audience but it doesn’t
even remotely faze them at all as they smash out
what they have set out to do. They rock the main
headline slot tonight as professionally and playfully
as possible filling the air with that brand of
glam infused hard rock that they pull off amazingly
well. Their set is a lot of fun; there’s
much crowd interaction, the humour is flowing
and there is even a little guitar duel between
the 2 guitarists with the bass player playing
the part of ring announcer, great stage performance
with every member of the band getting involved
with the set and establishing their own personalities
that complement each other perfectly. Their tracks
are infectious and very easy to catch onto, people
who have never heard of them before are still
singing along to tracks like “Slip It On”,
“Get Your Hands Dirty”, “Fooled
By A Rose” and the hilarious “When
It Comes To Loving”. Criminally underrated
band and everyone should have stayed around after
Heavens Basement to see them as they would have
had a lot of fun; the shenanigans are perfectly
balanced, not cringe worthy and not too over the
top like I said earlier they bring some professionalism
to the table and its invigorating to see an up
and coming act take on this image and sound and
not over do it.
Heavens Basement – 4/5
Jettblack – 5/5
Review By James Webb
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