HMV Next Big Thing at The Garage
HMV Next Big Thing with This City, Young Guns and You Me At Six – The Relentless Garage – 08 February 2010
Words by Brendan Monteiro / Photos of TC and YG by Marcus Maschwitz
The house lights don’t even dim for This City’s stage entrance and sadly the crowd barely make a sound, it’s a clear indication that a exstensive quantity of tonight’s crowd are here for the headliners. This little downer does not affect This City in the least as they start off with a high in the form of the infectious We Move. Chris Purr launches every molecule of himself into the song and it’s this passion that starts turning the spectators attention toward the stage (although there are a few still with their backs turned and I can’t help but wonder why bother coming to a show if your not going to watch). Purr’s gesture of “If your cold, move around” is a fitting intro to accompany the dynamic With Loaded Guns, you can’t help but move your feat to it’s contagious beat. New … additions to the line up mean that This City are not firing on all cylinders tonight but I am sure with time the guys will find their feet.
Young Guns have made an incredible impact on the London scene lately and their presence is dually welcomed as they start the night off with their hair tingling new single Winter Kiss. From the first moment Gus’s mouth opens it’s evident that he is hell bent on turning the crowd upside down. The mellifluous mid section to Winter Kiss is even more jaw-dropping with the full voice of the venue mirroring Gus’s lines. Weight Of The World culminates in the first circle pit of the evening and YG shift the gears, soon enough the whole room is in a spin, inside out and sweating and panting like it’s nobody’s business.
The atmosphere inside has changed dramatically from the beginning of the evening and the momentum keeps building up until You Me At Six make their way on stage, with the crowd literally going mental at Josh Franceschi starts. Being by first experience of YMAS I decided to keep to the back, find the best view and try and take it all in. Time went by so fast and although I didn’t know a single track I could easily see each one becoming favorites in time.
YMAS have been slated and praised, my thinking is a lot more logic or at least to me. In a live setting you can’t say a bad word about them, the band give it their all and Josh is model front man with a great voice. If you however are able to muster up bad vibes about them then your probably a music hating agoraphobic who in essence was more perturbed about being out of the house then actually paying attention to the stage.
