Artist: Tracer
They played tracks from all of their albums, and this seemed to please the genrally morbid crowd, including their hits 'Devil Ride' and 'Too Much.' The whole stage presence of the band was brilliant, they seemed to be utterly at ease with the many complications that occured during the set- the drummer, Andre had a pair of painful looking blood blisters on his thumbs, making it difficult to play, and then when all seemed to be under control, Micheal split open his finger on his guitar strings! (A rather impressive picture of his guitar body after the mishap can be found above.) He remained perfectly calm however, and simply walked of stage before the encore to go get a 'Band-aid.' They remained throughout the entire set, an absolutly amazing band to see live, and i would fully recommend the gig to everyone, purely because of their stage presence alone.
Location: The Cockpit, Leeds
Members;
Andre Wise- Drums
Patrick Saraceno- Guitar
Micheal Brown- Guitar
Support Band: Virgil and the Accelerators
Rating 4/5
Upon arrival to the venue, it seemed rather deserted and dead, but nevertheless, my friend and i stood at the front for around half an hour to ensure complete certainty that we would get a good viewing place. The support band 'Virgil and the Accelerators' opened with a violent, deafening noise that seemed to be more actual noise than a band that already has a record out previous to the tour. It looked as though they had a technical fault, as the instruments were much louder than the vocals and this meant most of the time you had no idea what they tracks they were performing. The rest of the crowd also seemed to have similar problems as they were mainly unresponsive and barely managed a cheer upon their arrival. The guitarist however, amused me by watching his rather original facial expressions as he played guitar.
When Tracer finally did take to the stage, after many minutes of the the drummer awkwardly trying to begin the set while the background music of the club was still blaring in the background, and a false start where they came on without getting into their stage clothes, and then leaving after a minute to get changed and come back, they kicked in immediantly to one of their most popular songs. (Their setlist can be read below.)
They played tracks from all of their albums, and this seemed to please the genrally morbid crowd, including their hits 'Devil Ride' and 'Too Much.' The whole stage presence of the band was brilliant, they seemed to be utterly at ease with the many complications that occured during the set- the drummer, Andre had a pair of painful looking blood blisters on his thumbs, making it difficult to play, and then when all seemed to be under control, Micheal split open his finger on his guitar strings! (A rather impressive picture of his guitar body after the mishap can be found above.) He remained perfectly calm however, and simply walked of stage before the encore to go get a 'Band-aid.' They remained throughout the entire set, an absolutly amazing band to see live, and i would fully recommend the gig to everyone, purely because of their stage presence alone.
I left a comment before this but it seems that Blogger has betrayed me :( and not posted it.
ReplyDeleteWhat I said was that this article is an improvment on your last one, with the additional features of the picutres. You have included the correct teminology to review the band and it seems that you thouroughly enjoyed it as well. Well done Lara. Hope to see more work like this.
excuse my spelling mistakes in the last comment :D
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