The
only support tonight are La Shark, and I'm not
really sure what to make of them, they look like
they fell out of the late 80s or early 90s super
baggy clothes, or something that can be dated
to 1986, although the Wayne's world cap worn by
the singer was a nice touch, easy to listen to
if a bit disjointed and didn't really seem to
go anywhere but they were highly entertaining
and funny or funny looking anyway, as they played
though their pop/electro pop set of songs.
There
not your everyday band and possibly an acquired
taste, I don't think they won over the crowd if
I'm honest as I'm guessing they didn't know what
to make of them, they got the standard courtesy
of a clap after each song but I don't think they
reached all that far into the crowd.
Maccabees are the headliners at the civic hall
tonight, and they've bought a fair few fans with
them, their set opened with Child, it's a rather
mellow opening to be fair but I feel that the
set didn't really kick off till mid way through
feel to follow, then the momentum was carried
on with wall of arms, and the likes of no kind
words, glimmer. I wasn't expecting to see a giant
disco ball above their stage nor an extravagant
light show but they were making life difficult
at times for me to photograph them but it looked
fantastic and set against the music, they worked
well with each other.
They
continued on with a few words between songs such
as went away, William powers, first love, X-ray,
I'm not normally into these types of indie rock
bands but their a pretty decent tight band, and
it's good to see that their lively at times when
the music suits. The set is nicely paced with
many songs to get the crowd going with lots of
singing and even some crowd surfing, not what
I was expecting to see if I'm honest. They closed
out the main set with pelican and love you forever.
After a quick break they come back with Ayla,
and the excellent songs Lego and precious time
and encore and night closer grew up at midnight.
Overall a really good set from the Maccabees,
in which they were easily able to outshine their
support act.
La Shark 2/5
The Maccabees 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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