Right, well this is gunna go a hell of a lot different to how I thought it would. Having bought the ticket mainly to see ETID, I wasn't expecting to realy enjoy Gallows as much. But I was wrong.
Throats kicked the bill off. I don't wanna say too much because the sound was a bit crap, the crowd weren't into it and I didn't realy care much about them. Sorry. They got a lot better as the set went on with plenty of head nodding riffs, but they lack any realy distinctive spark.
Then Every Time I Die strut on. The sound man gets his act together cos it sounds mint here. Those wonderful Marshall guitar walls are clear and crisp, and vocals come over strong. They play a mix of songs from all three full-lengths, which is always nice, plus a brand new one off their up-comming 4th which goes down well and sounds tight.
It's a quality set that's only slightly tarnished when Frank Gallows rushes the stage and dives straight into the crowd. The resulting tussle with the bouncers brings the band to a halt mid-song and rather than starting from the top they skip it and move on. The singer says something about "that's how it's ment to be played", but nads to that! It was a good track and we didn't get to hear it! I mean when we pay £15 (yeah, that's FIFTEEN!) we expect to hear the whole damn set. Ahem. Other than that it's a good solid show, that certainly makes me wanna go dig out my copy of Gutter Phenomenon and play it bloody loud a few times.
When Gallows take to the stage, it is draped with grey union jack flags, to tie in with their new album artwork. It should be noted that I'm not a massive fan and not know many of their songs, other than a few off "Orchestra of Wolves" but that turned out to be fine! The energy was such that I was drawn right in anyway.
There was a nice supprise instore too! Eva Spence, of Rolo Tomassi, was waiting in the wings to come on and blow out her birthday candles. WHY? becasuse it's her birthday. Oh why was she in Bristol? no idea. But she and some other guy (???) then proceeded to sing guest vocals on a track and rip the stage up!
By the end, there are plenty of people jumping on and off stage, which just adds to the manic energy of the set. When Frank launches himself from the stairs to the top floor straight into the pit... well yeah that pretty much sums it up.
They close the set by bringing out 4 snare drums and play out a funeral march. It's a nice touch that brings the set to a clean conclusion.
I'm now nackered, so that's all I'm gunna say on the matter. It was a good set and I strongly reccomend getting a ticket next time they rock up in your town.
Much love.
Chris/Noodles/Audio Biggot
xx
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