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Tonight
the Wildhearts reaffirmed my belief in rock and roll
with a performance that was pure melodic pop-metal
genius in all its rampant glory, touring in support
of their new B-sides album, Coupled With.
Unfortunately, Therapy? weren't quite as good.
Tinyvoices arrived too late to see The Glitterati,
because as we discovered later someone decided it was
a good idea for them to play for about 15 minutes or
so within five minutes of the doors opening. So it
was with increasing bemusement that we witnessed Therapy?
stroll on in darkness and start playing with about
as much fanfare as a bunch of roadies walking onstage.
Nevertheless the crowd were soon leaping about like
crazed, horns-flashing salmon to a thumping collection
of swerving riffs and big choruses, a helluva lot of
noise considering Therapy? are a three piece, and a
cracking schizophrenic light show.
The
band were clearly loving it too, with Andy Cairns begging
for noise and Mike
Mckeegan informing us politely
how much fun he was having. "Screamager" rocked,
the sound was as clear as a bell (although the vocals
could've been louder), it was a bit loose but
the spirit of rock (and the brief cover of Rush's "Spirit
of Radio") made up for that, and much fun was
had by all during Therapy?'s brief set.
The majority of the crowd were clearly there for The
Wildhearts however, and when they opened with "I
Wanna Go Where the People Go", well, the foundations
of Rock City took a bit of a pounding. There followed
a set that was a lesson in big, big riffs, bigger choruses
and full on pure rock noise that compares with anything
coming out of America in recent times (Ginger himself
commented on the quality of the line-up tonight, and
he's not wrong).
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