{"id":23032,"date":"2014-04-28T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-alkaline-trio-bayside-and-love\/"},"modified":"2018-07-10T12:52:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T11:52:58","slug":"live-review-alkaline-trio-bayside-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-alkaline-trio-bayside-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: Alkaline Trio, Bayside and Love Zombies &#8211; The Forum, London &#8211; 26\/04\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_inline_n4pd379s1L1qheirv.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">The tough part of being in a successful band like <strong>Alkaline Trio<\/strong> is that after 8 albums and 15 years of touring, your fan base is severely divided. How do you cater to fans who\u2019ve been there since the start, those who were into the goth-punk operatic of <em>\u2018Crimson\u2019,\u00a0<\/em>and newer fans who\u2019ve only heard the latest album? Of course it\u2019s not possible, but <strong>Alkaline Trio<\/strong> tries their hardest, even carefully choosing a mix of support bands to reflect this.<\/p>\n<p>First up are <strong>Love Zombies<\/strong>, an average slice of female-fronted power-pop with hints of Gwen Stefani about them. Those who are familiar with the Horrorpops will find a lot of similarities here, however <strong>Love Zombies<\/strong> differentiate themselves slightly with a more London edge and blissfully keep their lyrics free of \u00a0blood and gore references. The <strong>Love Zombies<\/strong> play a perfectly inoffensive set, which unfortunately fails to drum up any interest within the crowd. (2\/5)<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>Next up are <strong>Bayside<\/strong>, who blast through an introductory set with a mix of older, well-known tracks and a few of the better songs from the new album. While there were notable misses in their set, such as the droll <em>\u2018Transitive Property\u2019<\/em>, newer songs like \u2018<em>Pigsty\u2019 <\/em>fit in well with classics <em>\u2018Meet Me at Montuak\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Devotion and Desire\u2019<\/em>. Bassist Nick Ghanbarian carried the set with tireless enthusiasm, taking on the majority of the crowd interaction. A good refresher for fans old and new, however <strong>Bayside<\/strong> could certainly have benefited from a longer, more developed set. (3.5\/5)<\/p>\n<p>After a slightly retro musical introduction, <strong>Alkaline Trio<\/strong> take to the stage and tear straight into a greatest hits set, opening with fan favourites <em>\u2018This Could Be Love\u2019 <\/em>and <em>\u2018Hell Yes\u2019<\/em>. For older fans there were hits in abundance, and both <em>\u2018Jaked on Green Beers\u2019<\/em> and<em> \u2018Mr Chainsaw\u2019<\/em> raised some of the biggest sing-alongs of the night. Over eighteen songs, just four of them were sung by Dan and the pressure this put on Matt sometimes limited vocals showed, he seemed distracted and forgot a verse in <em>\u2018Cringe\u2019. <\/em>Luckily <strong>Alkaline Trio<\/strong> aren\u2019t loved for their flawless sets, and any slip-ups were covered by the crowd&rsquo;s singing. For those looking to hear new songs, these were present too, even if the choices were slightly strange \u2013 <em>\u2018Young Lovers\u2019<\/em> could easily have been dropped for <em>\u2018Midnight Blue\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The best thing about their performance was not just how much they seemed to enjoy playing, but also the sense of a bond between them and their fans. Despite being slightly sloppy at times, they managed to deliver a brilliantly enjoyable set \u2013 and while nobody heard exactly what they wanted, as the closing bars of <em>\u2018Radio\u2019<\/em> played \u2013 everyone was satisfied to scream along anyway. (4\/5)<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p>Words by Jay Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tough part of being in a successful band like Alkaline Trio is that after 8 albums and 15 years of touring, your fan base is severely divided. 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