Yashin
Jody Has A Hitlist, Every Last Breath, Tantrum
To Blind
Birmingham, Academy 2
18th March 2012
Well
tonight I'm pretty psyched as I get to see some
pretty cool bands, including a new Swedish band
Called Tantrum To Blind who I’ve had a listen
to and sound pretty awesome. It should be a fun
night and I can’t wait to get to the venue
and get rocking.
Unfortunately it isn’t as simple as that,
as I get to the venue and have to deal with allot
of hassle, I can't get in straight away to get
my photo pass, so I have to queue and unless I
was here at 10am with the die-hard fans I'm not
going to get in on time to shoot Tantrum To Blind,
the band I'm Most excited to see! So I queue,
rather begrudgingly, as I’m trying get in
to see a band I want to push and promote to you
guys, I eventually get in with 5 minutes left
and get told I can't take even half a songs worth
of photos as I missed the first 3 songs! So I
settle in and enjoy the last 3. The band are a
female fronted rock band, with punky undertones,
the sound isn't the best as I think the sound
guys are just warming up, but they jump around
the stage and put on a good show and although
the guitars sound out, the vocals sound wicked!
They are joined on the last song by Yashin vocalist
Harry Radford and the band get the biggest cheer
so far, the set ends and I'm left wanting more.
Well
the next band up is With One Last Breath, they're
a heavy rock/screamo band who have a long road
ahead of them. They have the basics down, they
sound alright just not great, they move around
the stage but with not enough energy and they
sing ok, but a bit off in the higher parts. I'm
sure they can break through and get a decent following
if they tour more and work on these minor flaws.
Other than that they were ok, nice breakdowns
and a gruff scream but I’m left feeling
rather disappointed.
Next Up are Irish pop rockers; Jody Has A Hitlist,
they come out to a warm response, it seems like
allot of the kids here tonight are here for them.
Now they are different from the first two bands,
they’d probably better suited supporting
You Me At Six or All Time Low than on this tour
but I suppose it’s a nice break from the
rockiness of the evening with some catchy songs
with some keys and sing-a-longs. The sound is
better than the first two bands which makes things
better, they take full control of this small stage
and definitely work the crowd into a frenzy. They’re
catchy, happy and look like there really enjoying
being on stage which is great! They play a nice
little set and have worked this crowd of young
fans into a frenzy!
Now
before I start with Yashin, I want to take a moment
talk about the crowd tonight. Normally I go to
gigs and joke that I’m the oldest person
there, and at 28 I’m not too old, I’m
not a cranky middle age reviewer that has been
doing this for years and hates going to gigs,
I’m a person that still loves seeing bands
and trying out different/new styles of music.
But tonight I AM the oldest person in the room,
and that includes the bands! The only people who
are older are the parents that have settled at
the back of the room to make sure they’re
young kids are alright. It was crazy, the audience
was mainly 14 year old girls all screaming and
getting worked up at everything that was happening.
Now I personally don’t understand what dictates
the type of audience that a band gets, what age
etc. but I totally don’t understand how
Yashin have such a young crowd as when I saw them
a few months ago supporting Skindred at the Jagermeister
gig in Birmingham I thought they were aimed at
an older audience, how wrong I was!
The
Scottish rockers Yashin appear on stage and the
already hyped up crowd go crazy, there is constant
screaming and whistling, the noise is so loud
that it’s hard to hear the band! But when
you do, you understand why the sound has been
poor all night, it’s because each band has
been using their own kit and the only band that
has been checked out properly is Yashin, as it’s
their show and you can tell, as they sound great.
The levels are tight, the vocals stand out and
between the great sound coming from the stage
and the high pitched screaming coming from the
crowd mixes in the middle to make you feel quite
nauseous. Yashin, are excellent performers, they
work the crowd up, they jump around the stage,
they play off each other, just as great rock bands
do, it’s just a shame they’re not
in the main academy as this stage is too small
for them. They perform well, doing songs they’ve
been playing for a few years, mainly songs from
they’re debut album “Put Your Hands
Where I Can See Them” with a few newer ones
thrown in. Unfortunately they don’t do their
amazing Britney Spears cover of Everytime which
blew me away when I saw them last but they have
impressed me, it’s just a shame I feel like
the gig was missing something, and I think that
the something was; age, I really think that older
people should check them out! They’re a
great fun band, yes a bit juvenile in parts but
they’ve got something to give and I’m
sure if you check them out you won’t be
disappointed!
Overall tonight has been a mixed bag, it started
off slow due to missing most of the band I came
here to see, Tantrum To Blind, and the fact they
didn’t sound great, due to poor levels.
Then it turned worse With One Last Breath not
being tight enough, it got different with Jody
Has A Hitlist and their poppy style and then finally
it ended well with Yashin and their fun stage
show.
Tantrum To Blind 3/5
Every Last Breath 2/5
Jody Has A Hitlist 3.5/5
Yashin 4/5
Review By James Daly
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