 The
main and only support tonight is Lucy Rose, she's
an acoustic act with a backing hand, she has a
really good voice, it’s a bit soft and rounded
which is nice for the ears. Not the most exciting
act/band to watch really, their mostly stationary
with a flurry of movement from Lucy when the moment
takes albeit while seated. The band just softly
fill in the gaps of the songs that the acoustic
guitar leaves open. They seem to be well received
by a fair few In the crowd, which is nice to see,
I feel that 40 minutes of this music, is a bit
much , not bad but does get a bit boring towards
the end as there's not much to watch but to just
sot listen to.
 Noah
and the whale are a band that I haven't listened
to before so tonight was quite interesting for
me. They come on and open with Life is life, not
an electrifying start but it does get better with
the likes of Just me before we met and give it
all back. What's surprising is that for the second
song, some of the band change instruments, so
quite clearly a bunch of multi talented musicians
which is good to see, giving a variety of songs
different sound for each while keeping the overall
band sound familiar. There sound is laid back
at times while at others quite up best and very
lively,'mixing things up keeps it a lively affair.
The pace for me could be a bit more lively but
I am enjoyed what I saw. The mid set consists
of such songs like, blue skies, shape of my heart,
old joy, give a little love. All very good songs
taking the pace up and down, with not too much
spoken in between as their normally switching
up instruments.
 They
have some really good guitar licks, most of the
songs contain some catchy elements, I really enjoyed
the violin parts of the songs as it’s just
not something you hear very often, so it's a joy
to listen to. I feel that with this band there
no real main instrument with one that overpowers
another; everything has its place and works well.
Naturally the crowd love every laid back minute
of the gig, it's mostly packed out too, the band
giving the crowd a feast for the eyes and ears
with the many sounds and the visual projection
on the screen behind the band.
One real annoying thing is being able to hear
all the conversations taking place in the venue,
people have paid good money to see and band only
to talk over them, what's the point.
The band close out their set with the likes of
Heart cover Barracuda, Jocasta, the superb waiting
for my chance to come and the excellent L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
After a short break and too much cheering, the
band close out the night with the First days of
spring. It's been a rather good night with a superb
tight if seemingly laid back band.
Lucy Rose 3/5
Noah And The Whale 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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