Evarose
was the band who kicked off tonights live music,
an all female 4 piece. They were followed up by
The Dead Famous, a pop-rock band formed by James
and Dan (Elliott Minor and Go Audio). The crowd
was mainly female populated which was as small
as 40 people, it was clear that this band that
had probably not played to such a small crowd
in a long time, depriving them from creating a
crowd atmospher. Nevertheless it did not stop
them from acting and performing as the professionals
they are, delivering their hit songs “Tell
the World”, “Superstar” –
a single that has strong melodic vocals mixed
with a slight rap twang to it and “Hide
Your Halo”.
The
last band on tonight were LostAlone, their initial
interaction with the crowd was to get everyone
to raise their hands in the air and get the whole
crowd clapping. Their energy on stage was high
from the start with Steven the lead guitarist/singer
jumping around the stage during some of their
heavier material.
Steven himself has very unique and unusual vocals
which should be heard before I can even begin
to describe, which during some of their slower
songs such as Hostages, show off this unique vocal
set.
Their song ‘Creatures’ incorporated
more crowd interaction, getting people to wave
their hands side to side then lead onto them attempting
to get everyone to scream yeah, yeah, yeah louder
and louder which kind of failed, probably due
to such small numbers in the crowd. During one
of the breakdowns they asked everyone to take
a piece of paper from the side of the stage with
their set list on and tick the songs they enjoyed,
so they could get some feedback. I did not see
anyone take a sheet!
Towards
the end of the night LostAlone let the audience
choose how the next song would be played, either
with a double neck guitar (which he has never
played before) or to sit in the middle of the
crowd and play an acoustic track. A unanimous
decision was made in the form of double neck guitar,
however, this was short lived as it was not in
tune, so the band decided on option 2. Despite
this it did not deter anyone and they all sat
down together to sing along with Steven as he
played his acoustic guitar in the crowd. Following
this the audience responded with the loudest cheer
and applause of the night.
This being LostAlone’s first night of their
headline tour and their first gig at Plymouth’s
White Rabbit, I thought that the band showed plenty
of energy and during their more upbeat heavy songs,
demonstrated the riffs that they can produce.
This was again clear in songs such as ‘Love
Will Eat You Alive’ and ‘Do You Get
What You Pray For?’ but despite that, they
didn’t show much in the way of organisation,
by forgetting the support acts names.
This
is a band that previously were nominated for “Best
British Newcomer” at the Kerrang! Awards
in 2007, may not have quite lived up to their
full potential. The effort that the bands produced
on a cold, quiet winters night is faultless and
perhaps if there were a few more people in the
crowd then the atmosphere would be a great deal
better.
They confirmed during their set that they are
making a new album after the tour in which they
will return again to touring, hopefully with an
album that can reach them into the spotlight that
had nearly been paved before when being highlighted
as a potential “Best British Newcomer”,
in the meantime LostAlone have most definitely
given great effort, especially as they were willing
to play additional songs in the bus station after
the gig had finished!
LostAlone 3/5
Review By Adam Brettell
Photos By Kirsty Rich
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