I
arrived at the venue shortly after 7:15pm this
evening, thinking I had plenty of time before
the first support band were on however, there
was a young chap by the name of Mike Foster already
up and entertaining the small crowd with his acoustic
guitar. A good wholesome sound, with interesting
lyrics along with some cheers from a few fans
in the crowd.
So, on to first promoted support band, Blitz Kids
a four piece alternative rock group from Nantwich.
These lads are certainly very desirable with the
ladies, seeing how most if not all of the front
row is made up of the fairer sex.
Bringing
a pop punk sound, with some serious lyrics behind
it they know how to work a crowd well, every song
is sang back to them and the atmosphere is quite
energised.
'Warrior' is a pretty hefty track with some excellent
guitar work and has the crowd warmed up well for
the rest of the evening.
Next band up is Dinosaur Pile Up, I get the feeling
that they are one of those bands you either really
dig, or really can't get into but either way they
make the stage their own tonight as main support.
The
sound is very much post-grunge influenced with
an extra helping of bass, which does sometimes
drown out the rest of the band but generally they
seem to go down ok with the crowd tonight. The
only thing I found disappointing with this band
was the lack of change between tracks, they all
sounded very much the same.
Lower Than Atlantis blast onto the stage with
'Love Someone Else', accompanied by some equally
charged flash lighting and screaming girls! There
is certainly a lot of energy buzzing in the Wulfrun
tonight as we move onto 'PMA', 'High at Five'
and 'Marilyn's Mansion' all of which performed
with 100% conviction before frontman, Mike Duce
breaks to talk to the crowd about his cut to the
head acquired getting into a taxi the previous
night after a few beverages, and trying to get
back to the tour bus, which has the young crowd
in bits.
Moving on to possibly the more well known track,
'If The World Was To End' which has the crowd
jumping and singing/screaming along nicely, before
taking things down a notch with 'Scared Of The
Dark' showing just how good Mike's voice sounds.
There
is plenty of band and crowd interaction through
the entire set, certainly an improvement since
I last saw LTA support Twin Atlantic in this very
hall almost twelve months ago.
Closing their set with 'Far Q', 'Beech Like The
Tree' and a fantastic cover of Electric Six's
'Gay Bar', the night has been pretty spot on from
start to end.
Mike Foster 2/5
Blitz Kids 2/5
Dinosuar Pile-Up 2/5
Lower Than Atlantis 3/5
Review By Jude Onions
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