{"id":29332,"date":"2013-05-01T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-canterbury-attention-thieves-and\/"},"modified":"2018-07-10T12:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T11:53:19","slug":"live-review-canterbury-attention-thieves-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-canterbury-attention-thieves-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: Canterbury, Attention Thieves and Morain &#8211; O2 Academy2, Newcastle &#8211; 26\/04\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"102\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img703\/9881\/canterbury150.jpg\" width=\"150\" title=\"\">The Academy is little more than half-full tonight which is a real shame given the strength of British talent that make up this touring trio. Perhaps because of this, both support acts struggle in a room conducive to dulling the live atmosphere. <strong>Morain<\/strong> fare okay, predominantly because they have the tunes to capture the room\u2019s attention if not sweep them off their feet. They\u2019re not your typical \u2018warm-up\u2019 act in that they never really get the blood pumping but songs like <em>\u2018Animals\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018The World We Live In<\/em>\u2019 do at least ensure that most of tonight\u2019s attendees will be googling their name when they get home. (3\/5)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attention Thieves<\/strong> on the other hand, are fighting a losing battle from the start. A late replacement for LostAlone on this tour, they mix punk rock and screamo to varying degrees of success and appear to almost overwhelm the young crowd. Frontman Alex Green tries his best to get the crowd on side but his efforts feel a little contrived as he has neither the natural swagger nor the laid-back panache that aid his contemporaries. Another crowd will receive <strong>Attention Thieves<\/strong> a whole lot better but tonight is not their night. (2\/5)<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>All this means that <strong>Canterbury<\/strong> are facing an uphill grind tonight \u2013 quite literally, after the Academy lift breaks down with them inside but this near \u2018Spinal Tap\u2019 moment does not break their spirit. The Surrey lads are note-perfect as always and play material drawn mostly from last year\u2019s <em>\u2018Heavy In The Day.\u2019<\/em> That album\u2019s slower moments, including <em>\u2018Wrapped in Rainbows\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Garden Grows\u2019<\/em> sound particularly poignant and powerful. Both old and new are present in their set however, with two songs from their forthcoming, fan-funded third album enjoying an early outing.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Sparks is quick to engage his apprehensive audience, finally managing to whip the Geordie patriots into a mass of bouncing bodies. His exuberant confidence never descends into something egotistical and there is a feeling present that I am witnessing the work of one of the UK\u2019s most underrated bands, fronted by one of the UK\u2019s most underrated frontmen. On the basis of this performance, I\u2019m not sure what more <strong>Canterbury<\/strong> can do. (4.5\/5)<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>Words by Chris Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy is little more than half-full tonight which is a real shame given the strength of British talent that make up this touring trio. Perhaps because of this, both support acts struggle in a room conducive to dulling the live atmosphere. 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