Now it was time for the main event Brighton’s mighty world-conquering two-piece indie rockers Royal Blood, this gig had been postponed twice and the crowd were ready for the night, amped to the max, and from the minute the band took to the stage and hit the first chords of “Typhoons” they were going off, singing at the tops of their accumulative voices. There was an awesome balance between heavy and dark, light and shade, The whole performance was a standout. The tone was now set and this Indie rock ‘love nest’ of huge choruses, ear melting guitar riffs and the appreciative audience were as one.
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Could they deliver? Would they deliver? Simply put, deliver they did…and some! Incredible! In My Mind” started it all off and with the soaring vocals of Matt Thomson and belting guitars in full flight, the crowd were instantly and wantonly bouncing. A huge, nearly sold-out arena had high expectations mixed with palpable excitement that was contagious. So, the band had a lot to live up to, supporting the amazing Royal Blood. Having been lauded by Radio 1, The Independent, NME and Greg James everything seemed to have gone a bit quiet, but here they were new music and a new haircut for frontman Mathew Thompson.
The first band of the evening and the only support are those boys from Reading ‘ The Amazons’ and they were a perfect aperitif to the main course. The AO Arena looked full, but not as full as I thought it would, maybe a gig getting cancelled twice and then having to be moved to a school night has put a few people off, oh well there lost.
Heading down to Manchester and the AO Arena on a Monday night to cover Royal Blood, seemed odd, not covered many bands on a Monday, to be honest, it is a school night after all, but here we were in rainy Manchester for an evening of Indie Rock, I guess if I had to go out on a Monday night….and I do, this is the show to see. I wanted to do something I hadn’t done before.” They found that fresh something by tracing a through line between hard rock and dance music, giving the nickname “AC Disco” to the lithe grooves of “Trouble’s Coming” and “Typhoons.‘Punchy Rock Songs With Stadium-Sized Choruses’ “I didn’t want to do something out of my comfort zone.
“When bands try and do something out of their comfort zone, they end up doing something where they feel and look uncomfortable,” singer and bassist Kerr tells Apple Music about the making of their third album, Typhoons. For the duo from Brighton, on England’s south coast, the key is understanding the difference between pushing your music into interesting new places and just being radical for the sake of it. Across their first two albums, they brought the rock thunder via swarming riffs and ’70s harmonies (“Lights Out”), blues-flavored firecrackers (“Loose Change”), and the pursuit of experimental impulses (“Hook, Line & Sinker,” which uncorks hiccuping percussion, half-sung spoken word, and piercing falsetto). Within a deceptively elemental framework-drums and bass played in stormy, vigorous harmony-Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher create a multitude of intriguing textures.
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