First
up tonight are Three Trapped Tigers. I'd say they
are an instrumental, post rock band and sounding
something like 65 days of static, they are a hard
band to place in a solid category. Whatever the
genre, the sound the band are making, is pleasing
to my ears, very synth driven with guitars and
drums filling in the rest of the sound, making
a rather melodic set. Not sure if this is the
right band for this tour but these people should
experience something different, I know they have
a new fan in me to say the least. The songs on
show are completely good of vocals bar a few extended
oooooohs wooooahs and arrrrrrghs. As the set progresses
they win the crowd over for a rather large applause
at the end of the set.
Main
support tonight are Punk rock band Letlive, they
open with 'Le Prologue', really letting the crowd
know what they are in for, they explode on with
the likes of 'The Sick,Sick,6.8 Billion' and 'H.Ledger'.
The onstage manic presence doesn't quite cut it,
the front man, is a total mad man, giving it his
all on stage for every song every night must be
draining, be he must have some serious batteries
in him. There are a fair few Letlive fans in the
academy tonight as when the crowd is required
to sing back they sing back. They finish off what
feels like a lengthy set, but it's a set that
lasts only 7 songs. The songs are quite ferocious
, some do last a while it seems, but it's not
a boring set due to maniacs on stage creating
quite a visual show, superb energy setting the
crowd up for the Deftones.
I
have to say I'm not much of a Deftones albums
fan, but live they are superb and have few rivals.
They open with 'Diamond Eyes' which seems to fly
by with Chino running around stage, strangling
photographers other band members with his wild
mic cord, which looks to have seen better days
I might add. They keep the pace up with Poltergeis't,
'Be Quiet' and 'Drive' and then take things up
a notch with 'My Own Summer(shove it)'.
Just
from these opening songs, you know right away
that this is going to be the best gig you've been
to so far this year and is going to be tough to
top, the sound and attitude is spot on, you can
see why they are very much in demand.
They cool things off a few notches with 'Rosemary',
and 'Rocket Skates', then take it back up with
the likes of 'CMND/CTRL' ,'Sextape', 'Feiticeira'.
This set is really spot on with the pace, Chino
has the crowd in the palm of his hand and responding
to every poke and prod, singing along nicely for
most of the set.
The
likes of 'Tempest', Swerve City' , 'Head Up',
; Dai The Flu' and main set closer 'Bloody Cape',
really top out a superb main set which also feature
'Entombed' and 'Passenge'r, it really is a great
set, taking the mood and pulse of the room up
and down on a Deftones soundtracked roller coaster
ride, not many bands can do that with the material
in their back catalogue.
After a short break they close out what really
has been a great night with the likes of 'Nosebleed',
'Engine no. 9' and finally '7 Words', what a great
show, I can't recommend enough that you go see
this band live even if you only know a few songs.
Three Trapped Tigers 4/5
Letlive 4/5
Deftones 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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