Farewell

Farewell are the kinda band i’ve always loved; keyboard infused pop rock, so unsurprisingly, i loved them. Only their second ever date in the UK, and this American six piece are rocking out as hard as possible. It’s hard not to want to move, although most of the crowd are motionless, saving their energy for You Me At Six. Farewell play stuff a catchy blend of pop rock that you can sense yourself singing along to the second chorus of each song.

Houston Calls

I first heard of Houston Calls towards the end of 2005, when their debut album ‘A Collection Of Short Stories’ was released. That was an album which i still play all the time, that’s how good it is. Anyway, fast forward three years, and Houston Calls have just released their second album ‘The End OF An Error’.

As the majority of the crowd are newcomers to Houston Calls, I half expected the band to just play songs off the new album especially as it’s just come out. However, the band kick off with Sunrise Goodbyes, Exit, Emergency, and end with Bob and Bonnie, favourites from ‘A Collection…’. The band play several songs from the new album including ‘Modest Manifesto’ and ‘Life Won’t Wait’ arguably the strongest songs on the new album.

You Me At Six

So far 2008 there’s been a group of bands that have seemingly came out of nowhere including Kids In Glass Houses, Go! Audio, and You Me At Six, all mainly appealing to young girls. These bands didn’t come out of nowhere, You Me At Six have been touring for over two years, and thoroughly deserve the success that they are starting to pick up. At times sounding like pop rock by numbers, You Me At Six have excelled at appealling to the Skins generation.

Coming on to screaming girls, which made me have to double check I wasn’t accidently at a boy band concert, the band punches hard with ‘The Truth Is A Terrible Thing’ followed by two singles ‘Gossip’ and recent hit ‘Jealous Minds Think Alike’ leaving some people wondering if they have peaked too soon in the set. The band, apart from the odd mistake during Save It For The Bedroom, sound polished despite throwing themselves around the stage like their lives depended on it.

After only nine songs, the band go off stage. Constant screams from 600 odd girls bring Josh and the rest of the band back on stage, where they play ‘If I Were In Your Shoes’ and my highlight of the set ‘The Rumour’. The performance was energetic and full of high points, however, you can’t help but feel that the crowd deserved more than eleven songs, and only 45 minutes.

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