Friday 14th January; Bristol O2 Academy; View : leaning against a railing
Friday night saw 4 unsigned local bands, three from Bristol and one from Cardiff bestride the Academy stage. First up were Beyond Recall, a noisy thrashy party guitar band based on the one song I saw - but the boys stayed on to cheerlead through the sets of the other three bands.
Go-X from Cardiff looked like they had just wandered in off a train and are blessed with a lead singer with a nice set of rock pipes and a hyperactive style leaping over the mike stand frequently. His between song patter needs work and the songs all had a buzzsaw attack to them.
There was a significant increase in quality when we Start Partys hit the stage with a keyboard/guitar interaction to a set of catchy songs. With three singers there was variety and the show with the group silhouetted in front of white searchlights showed an intriguing intellect behind the group. "Lose It", "Meet Me On The Dance Floor" and "Make Tonight" all rocked. All the group need now is to get some songs to go with the image and they can be huge.
Top of the bill were The Fuel, who were debuting their new bass and drum section and performed some new songs including tender ballad "Out of Sight". "Knocked Down" was its usual excellent self and Danny and Tom's harmonies were spot on. Unlike the other bands on the bill, the Fuel weren't afraid to allow light and shade into the songs. I think the set could have been paced better, but once more quality shone through. Mind you, a few new songs are needed to move the band up to the next level.
All in all a fun evening - 3/5
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