Less excitable gig tonight. High expectations though.
Frightened Rabbit are a Scottish indie rock band. For any person who hasn't heard of them... LISTEN TO THEM. THEY ARE AMAZING! If your unsure and only listen to mainstream stuff i'll say this.... imagine Biffy Clyro mixed with Mumford & Sons... take that.... times 2000 in mind blowingness ... Wah la.. Frightened Rabbit.
I'll keep this short. Mainly due to the fact i haven't got much to say... i was drinking during the support band and was speechless for the main act.... but here i go trying.
Sold Out Leadmill - Steel Stage is always a fantastic sight and crowd to be in. Everyone in that room (with exception of partners, mates and random guest list spots) went speciffically for FR. Majority i imagine fell in love from first listen. They have that effect. They came on about 9ish (even though they themselves had just sound checked their equipment)to a great sound i haven't heard in a while. Cheers from a small enough crowd you can hear ever individual person. The band could too.
They kicked off the set with a song of the new album called 'Skip The Youth'. Great start. The crowd who had the album for a while seemed to know the words and the rest stood in silence and amazement. Well...all apart from one bald bloke... he was jumping about like a lunatic all the way through their entire set. After they finished the bald guy heckled something on the lines of 'That was awesome!' to what Scott (Lead singer) responded amusingly with 'Thank you kind sir. We will try to keep it up. We should take you to all our gigs'. I could tell instantly this band were a fun loving, respectful, honest band. A rarity these days.
Following this they played a stunning rendition of 'The Modern Leper', 'Old Old Fashioned', 'Loneliness & The Scream' and 'The Wrestle' all in my eyes were perfect to the last note, can't complain one bit.
Out of the entire first half of the set the most two stand out performances were the last two songs. 'Twist' and recent single 'Swim Until You Can't See Land' had people moving a bit and the bald guy going crazy. Scott full of energy, thrashed around the stage on the solo's and break downs.
Second half of the set was as good as if not better than the first with songs including 'Head Roll Off' and 'Good Arms vs Bad Arms'. Both passionately sang and getting Scott to the point of dripping with sweat. His broad Scottish accent live is a spectacle and a half in its own. You can't help but sing along in the same accent. To do it in a Yorkshire twang would be insulting to his work.
Encore time. And the best 15 mins of live music I've experienced in a long long time. This gig was a gig. Pure and simple. It wasn't a 'concert', It wasn't a 'show'. This was 5 music loving jocks playing for a crowd that quite simply was in awe of them. Kicking off with Scott alone on stage for a mesmerising solo acoustic performance of 'Poke' followed by a crowd hopping and pleasing 'Living In Colour' with finally ending on an emotional, energetic, ecstatic 'Keep Yourself Warm'. With Scott literally spitting as he sings from the bottom of his heart "But, you won't find love in a, Won't find love in a hole, It takes more than fucking someone,To keep yourself warm" with his eyes closed and bashing/strumming the guitar like a drum. The song climaxed in a mash up of solo's and skill. They went off to massive applause and great amount of respect to all that just witnessed.
Great great gig. Listen to them, see them live. You won't regret it.
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip next.. bit of a change in style. Should be fun.
Peace
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