{"id":32527,"date":"2012-10-29T17:42:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-photos-the-gaslight-anthem-blood\/"},"modified":"2012-10-29T17:42:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:42:39","slug":"live-review-photos-the-gaslight-anthem-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-photos-the-gaslight-anthem-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review & Photos: The Gaslight Anthem, Blood Red Shoes and Dave Hause – O2 Academy Brixton, London – 15\/10\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been big fans of The Gaslight Anthem<\/strong> for a long time now and we\u2019re big fans of their records here at Already Heard. In our eyes they\u2019re always welcome over here and it\u2019s always a pleasure to watch them live\u2026or is it?<\/p>\n

Most people reading will be aware of the Brixton Academy; a typical academy type venue favoured by the larger contemporary rock acts. Legendary gigs happen here, the atmosphere makes it as well as the band. So what happened on the Monday night? Was everyone given sleeping pills free with every drink they purchased?<\/p>\n

View on Flickr<\/a>.\u00a0Photos by\u00a0<\/span>Heather Fitsell\/February Photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting proceedings tonight is Dave Hause<\/strong>, armed with little more than a guitar and his voice; a brave move indeed. Having witnessed Mr. Hause on last years ‘Revival Tour’<\/em> and being pleasantly surprised we were anticipating a similar enjoyment. Sadly said enjoyment did not arrive. Opting to switch between acoustic guitar and an electric, it just didn\u2019t work. The songs played on the acoustic guitar sounded right. The songs played on the electric felt half-finished and lacking. Were they lacking a full band to beef them up a little? Dave Hause certainly knows his way round a song and how to write them. (3\/5)<\/p>\n

View on Flickr<\/a>.\u00a0Photos by\u00a0<\/span>Heather Fitsell\/February Photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up next are two-piece Blood Red Shoes<\/strong>. Being honest I were intrigued as to how these noise merchants would fare on a much larger stage than they are used to. Having witnessed them smash smaller club venues over the past few years and being big fans of their output they did us proud. Thankfully they sound massive, the newer tracks from recent album ‘In Time To Voices’<\/em> sound like they\u2019re made for stages this size. They play a mixed set-list from their back catalogue and seem to be really buzzing. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Blood Red Shoes made a few new fans that night. (4\/5)<\/p>\n

After what felt like an entirety The Gaslight Anthem<\/strong> take to the stage to seemingly no reaction. What is this? The national accountant convention. Choosing to open with ‘Mae’<\/em> taken from new album ‘Handwritten’\u00a0<\/em>certainly not what we were hoping for at all; we expected them to burst on stage and lay waste to Brixton Academy.<\/p>\n

View on Flickr<\/a>. Photos by\u00a0<\/span>Heather Fitsell\/February Photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band plays a long and varied set which is enjoyable due to the variety of songs on offer. The band dips into their back catalogue and treats fans to some older material including ‘Film Noir’<\/em> from their acclaimed album ‘The 59 Sound.<\/em>’ As well as going even further back into their catalogue and playing tracks such as ‘Angry Johnny and The Radio’<\/em> and ‘Boom Boxes and Dictionaries’<\/em> from\u00a0d\u00e9but\u00a0album and fan favourite ‘Sink or Swim.’<\/em> It\u2019s certainly nice to hear the odd rarity from larger bands with such a vast repertoire to choose from.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth mentioning the sound is completely shocking; the lead guitar is completely lost in the dreadful mix. As I mentioned at the start the crowd certainly didn\u2019t help matters at all. It\u2019s a far older crowd than your usual gig but surely these people want to let their thinning hair down and enjoy themselves a little bit.<\/p>\n

An odd one from our point of view; I hoped for so much more but perhaps The Gaslight Anthem were having “one of those days” Credit for the variety of the set list on offer and it was nice to hear the older songs but we\u2019ve certainly seen them in better venues and give a better performance. (4\/5)<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

Words by Colin Henderson (@colinah87<\/a>).\u00a0Photos by\u00a0Heather Fitsell\/February Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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