The queue snaked around the corner of Lionel street, and once inside, the atmosphere was one of intense excitement. Ironically, the more fans they accumulate, the more a band has to prove their worth. However, any reservations i had about this band being all hype vanished as soon as they started playing. Josh Franceschi's voice was in fine form, his vocals sounding a little more battered in a roughened-up acousitic version of "loverboy" (a vast improvement on the boy-band like theme of earlier albums.) A song that already sounds great, benefitted all the more once it was stripped down to the bones. The intimate setting of the gig meant that you could really focus on the rawness of the songs; no flashy lights or on-stage tassels, just music in it's pure form. What did such a small-scale gig reveal? Yes, that YM@6 are amazing musicians, but also that they are mortal. They joked between songs and connected with their fans with a meet-and-greet signing afterwards. It's good to see a rock band that aren't -well- up their own arses.
I'm not a hardcore YM@6 fan, but the songs that i do have on my iPod i love. They played "Underdog" in the same acoustic, slightly dark manner, which i think totally suits them. I read in Kerrang! magazine that they are re-inventing themselves and their new album "Sinners never sleep" is going slightly more rocky, which i'm pleased about and think is having a positive effect on the quality of music they produce.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sinners-never-sleep-deluxe/id463531808
Photographs by Kate Monroe.
Small-scale gig.
The tiny audience. (I'm on the left, two from the front row. You can just see my eye lol)
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