The highlight of the night for me has to be whatislight whereislaughter, possibly because the intro sounds a little bit like Biffy’s Saturday Superhouse or possibly because I was just amazed at ‘how much they sound like they do on iTunes’ oh and, yeah yeah, stop talking about Biffy… I know.
All the guys perform each and every song with such passion and devotion that it’s almost like their making love to the music… if I dress up as a music note can I get in there yeah? And it’s great to see four guys who are so passionate about what they’re doing up there, regardless of whether it’s to a tiny venue with 50 people or a stadium of 50, 000. They are truly mind-blowing.
Despite the problems with an acoustic guitar on Crash Land, Sam manages to recover and pull off an superb version of the song with his regular electric guitar, and in their credit, they do well to still sound fabulous despite infuriating glitches. Sam’s voice is quite possibly the best singer I’ve heard in a long time (except when I’m in the shower doing Celine obviously!)
So as the night draws to an end - it’s only 9pm but the kids have to be home early as it’s a school night after all - I wander back to the car with a warm fuzzy feeling in my belly, wondering when I’m going to see my new favourite band again (oh I’m so fickle)
With a cracking singer, energetic guitarist / pianist / general instrument whore, enigmatic bassist and fast-footed and fit-faced drummer… mixed up with looks to die for; Twin Atlantic are sailing right into the big time. All Aboard.
FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison
Photos by Daniel Cameron