Last night myself, Mrs T, plus two friends went to Leeds Town and Country to see Nathaniel Rateliffe and The Night Sweats.
First up was Ed Harcourt. His song subject matter is not to my taste (all middle age angst etc), but his musical ability is undoubtable. Imagine, if you can Ed Allayn Johnson (sp?) using his overdub technique, but one multiple instruments (drums/other percussion, guitar (with a couple of strings downtuned to act as a bass line), keyboards and vocals). A really interesting act to watch.
Next up came the main act, both myself and Mrs T had seen them in the polar opposite type of venue, back in August (Red Rock Ampitheatre in Colorado) and knew they can kick up a go party. They didn't disappoint last night. The room started out quite restrained, with no one dancing and no feedback to the band. As the songs went on, though, everyone got into the groove, the lead of the band worked the audience really well and, as the band hit the climax of their set (S.O.B.), the crowd went nuts.
I would recommend seeing them to anyone who likes to see a band that can play songs well, interacts with the crowd and gets a party going.
On a side note, the ignorant fuckers that were stood behind us, if you wanted to have a fucking conversation piss off home and have it. If you want to go and see a band, at least do them the honor of facing the fucking stage whilst they are playing. You may not have known what to expect, or you may not have wanted to listen to all the songs (yes, even the slow, quiet one), but we fucking well did and you were going all out to try and spoil the evening for us, you fucking bunch of divs. Our friend, Craggsy, who is one of the most laid back people I know (and a drummer, but we don't hold that against him!
) was angry, and that is the first time, in 16 years, that I have seen him get angry!
