{"id":26724,"date":"2013-09-20T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-the-front-bottoms-allison-weiss-and\/"},"modified":"2018-04-02T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:54:22","slug":"live-review-the-front-bottoms-allison-weiss-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-the-front-bottoms-allison-weiss-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: The Front Bottoms, Allison Weiss and Calls Landing &#8211; Brudenell Social Club, Leeds &#8211; 17\/09\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tumblr_inline_mntpprVIzC1qztcot.jpg\" title=\"\">The Brudenell is literally just a social club but it&rsquo;s a surprisingly good venue. Seats are based around the stage and so it&rsquo;s also a test to see how good bands are at enticing the audience off their bum cheeks and up to the stage. No barrier either, of course. I mean, it&rsquo;s literally a social club.<\/p>\n<p>First up are local lads, previous &ldquo;Recommends&rdquo; and upcoming <strong>Already Heard<\/strong> compilation band (phew!) <strong>Calls Landing<\/strong>. A summer in various countries means this is the band&rsquo;s first show in about 4 months. Luckily they don&rsquo;t seem too rusty and rocket through their set, but not until they&rsquo;ve enlisted local fans\/friends to get up and support them at the front. The band&rsquo;s set is built up of American pop punk influenced songs from their 2 current EPs and split with fellow Leeds band Make Your Mark. A faster song (I forget the name, apologies!) picks up the pace in the room which was a smart move, even though the band themselves said that they didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;feel it would fit in with this show&rdquo;. Three part harmonies towards the end showcase some brilliant potential that should definitely be utilised more often, even if it&rsquo;s just in live situations for previously recorded songs. The band will get back into the swing of things soon enough, but for now they&rsquo;re not quite at the same level as our two touring acts. (3\/5)<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>Her first trip to the UK sees <strong>Allison<\/strong> <strong>Weiss<\/strong> on her own without her band, so we&rsquo;re treated to songs from her latest <a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/post\/47447254846\/album-review-allison-weiss-say-what-you-mean#.UjrY0GTwLQM\">5\/5 rated album<\/a> <em>&lsquo;Say What You Mean&rsquo;<\/em> as beautiful, stripped down acoustic numbers. As you can tell from said review, I&rsquo;m a huge fan and being treated to songs solely from this album is an absolute delight. They&rsquo;re wonderful live even as a one man army as <strong>Allison<\/strong> has got the playing skills and, most impressively, the vocal chords to hit each note perfectly. This is brilliant and captivating stuff for one girl and her guitar, and a full band experience (hopefully hitting these shores as soon as possible) will only conquer many more hearts. (4\/5)<\/p>\n<p>Each act so far has gained more and more devotees to the front, but <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Front<\/strong> <strong>Bottoms<\/strong> of course steal the show with not many actually sitting down from what I could see. I could&rsquo;ve easily turned around and had a proper look, but I didn&rsquo;t really want to miss the madness stirring in front of me. I&rsquo;ve seen <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Front<\/strong> <strong>Bottoms<\/strong> at their first ever UK show and hadn&rsquo;t realised how popular they&rsquo;ve become since then, with their second album <em>&#8216;Talon Of The Hawk&rsquo;<\/em> being released earlier this year. Absolute bangers from <em>&#8216;TOTH&rsquo;<\/em> and the band&rsquo;s self titled debut are played to the rowdy Leeds crowd who can&rsquo;t help but dance to these acoustic, disco-vibe treats. Things really kick off though when<em> &#8216;Au Revoir (Adios)&rsquo;<\/em> starts playing and we end up with a stage dive from someone in the crowd (there&rsquo;s no barrier; it&rsquo;s<em> literally<\/em> a social club) and from then on in, it just doesn&rsquo;t die down.<\/p>\n<p>The band themselves deliver some antics in the form of Assassins Creed references, a beautiful woman who happens to be frontman Brian Sella&rsquo;s reflection in a mirror and the crowd playing along with the encore, where Brian explains that they won&rsquo;t actually go off but everyone will have to pretend they&rsquo;ve finished, knowing full well that there are still 2 songs left. I didn&rsquo;t personally know every song but I still can&rsquo;t remember the last time I had this much fun at a show. Emphasis on the fun there, please. It&rsquo;s great music that anyone can enjoy and it&rsquo;s an even greater atmosphere. Kudos. (4.5\/5)<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>Words by Mikey Brown (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeyMiracle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MikeyMiracle<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brudenell is literally just a social club but it&rsquo;s a surprisingly good venue. Seats are based around the stage and so it&rsquo;s also a test to see how good bands are at enticing the audience off their bum cheeks and up to the stage. No barrier either, of course. 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