Local music in Sheffield has lacked in its fame recently but what still remains from the 2004-2008 scene are some great great bands. Possibly the greatest is Backhanded Compliments. Consisting of Greeny and Tom from Milburn and Ryan (housemate of Greeny). This gig was a round up of a few local bands.
We got there and to my surprise the Mike Hughes gig wasn't a gig.... it was a video of a gig on a projector. Still it was enjoyable.
The first band on was Mike Hughes' band with Tim Hampton (Bromheads) called Lenders in the Temple. They're unique sound of Bob Dylan esc vocals and guitar mixed with Primal Scream esc drumming seemed to leave people impressed. Myself however, as much as i enjoyed it, much prefer to see Tim on guitar and singing :) but what can i say... i love Bromheads.
Backhanded Compliments came onto stage to a crowd made up of family, friends and die hard fans (some of which Milburn fans, some just love them themselves). So plenty of people to sing along. They don't have a lot of material to play seen as they've only been around just less than a year but what they did play was great. Some off both the first demo and the newest released EP. Tom isn't a big chatter on stage so there wasn't much banter but they made up for it in the music. With Greeny quite literally going mental on the drums songs like 'Radio Blockage' and 'Black Sparks' had enough energy in them to have my feet tapping and head nodding without me even realising. First demo songs such as 'The Mansion' and 'Annabel Was Her Name' had a few people quietly singing along.
I hope to god that these get big.. they are just a great band both recorded and live. If they got a decent active crowd their gigs would be one to remember forever. Don't get me wrong tonight was great, they sounded great and i enjoyed it but a proper fan filled crowd singing their heart outs along with Tom would of topped it off. Greeny been one of my drumming idols truly proved himself why once again tonight, just such a great great drummer.
Bowling For Soup acoustic gig next.
Peace
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