Post by laurat on Jun 8, 2005 15:50:02 GMT
I thought I'd post my very crappy review, about Patrick's show last night. I wrote it for the Tom McRae forum that I go on.
"We got there at the right time, but we had to wait half an hour to go in. They seemed to be playing really loud music, which you could hear outside, and I don't think it was a soundcheck, because they had absoutely nothing set up..hmm.
So anyway, we went in eventually, and went straight to the bar, then realised that there was someone already onstage. He wasn't on the bill, and was actually really weird and quite bad.
He had a guitar and a little amp, and sang songs about ' all because the lady loves milk tray' and ' I read the NME'..he seemed to make the songs up as he went along, and handed out Quality Street to people, " does anyone like toffee pennys?". It was funny though..
The next band up were this rocky/punk outfit called Curbar.They seemed quite young, and I think they were a local band. They were good though..they were really great on the guitars and VERY loud. I really enjoyed them actually.
After that there was another band, David Kay And The Defendants They all dressed very erm ' weird indie', and had very strong Sheffield accents, but once they started playing it It was like watching some country-texas band from the 1950s. They just had a weird blend of music, and the lead singer didn't sing like he spoke AT ALL. My mate Jim hated them though, but there was just something about them that catched my eye/ear.
After that there was Misty Roses. I don't know what to say about this band at all...imagine an avant garde Pet Shop Boys, with the lead singer more like Mark Almond...They plugged in a mini ipod, and the quiet one played guitar, and the camper one sang, and danced, and brushed his black blazer of his chest which was hugged by a tiiiiight black tshirt. They were weird, all their songs sounded the same I thought.
Then finally Patrick came on. He was much taller than I thought he would be for some reason. He had with him a cellist, and a drummer, and he played everything else himself (keyboard, violin, some little guitar things - he had no full size guitar). As soon as he opened his mouth the whole place went quiet. He has such an amazing voice! I really didn't think it was THAT good from his recordings, but jesus christ, it was beautiful. He had a big vocal range too. Sometimes it was like a soprano voice, and other times a deep deep rumbling.
His musicianship ( is that the right word) was incredible too. It seemed like he could play whatever he picked up. One song was just him singing and plucking the violin, and it was simply beautiful. He played for quite a long time, and the gig didn't finish till 12.45. I was just in awe the whole time and didn't notice the time go by at all. It was just so so beautiful.
After the gig we waited around a bit to meet him, and he signed my single, and was very lovely.
I won't write anymore for fear of boring you all to death, but I came away very happy, and enjoyed it soo soo much."
"We got there at the right time, but we had to wait half an hour to go in. They seemed to be playing really loud music, which you could hear outside, and I don't think it was a soundcheck, because they had absoutely nothing set up..hmm.
So anyway, we went in eventually, and went straight to the bar, then realised that there was someone already onstage. He wasn't on the bill, and was actually really weird and quite bad.
He had a guitar and a little amp, and sang songs about ' all because the lady loves milk tray' and ' I read the NME'..he seemed to make the songs up as he went along, and handed out Quality Street to people, " does anyone like toffee pennys?". It was funny though..
The next band up were this rocky/punk outfit called Curbar.They seemed quite young, and I think they were a local band. They were good though..they were really great on the guitars and VERY loud. I really enjoyed them actually.
After that there was another band, David Kay And The Defendants They all dressed very erm ' weird indie', and had very strong Sheffield accents, but once they started playing it It was like watching some country-texas band from the 1950s. They just had a weird blend of music, and the lead singer didn't sing like he spoke AT ALL. My mate Jim hated them though, but there was just something about them that catched my eye/ear.
After that there was Misty Roses. I don't know what to say about this band at all...imagine an avant garde Pet Shop Boys, with the lead singer more like Mark Almond...They plugged in a mini ipod, and the quiet one played guitar, and the camper one sang, and danced, and brushed his black blazer of his chest which was hugged by a tiiiiight black tshirt. They were weird, all their songs sounded the same I thought.
Then finally Patrick came on. He was much taller than I thought he would be for some reason. He had with him a cellist, and a drummer, and he played everything else himself (keyboard, violin, some little guitar things - he had no full size guitar). As soon as he opened his mouth the whole place went quiet. He has such an amazing voice! I really didn't think it was THAT good from his recordings, but jesus christ, it was beautiful. He had a big vocal range too. Sometimes it was like a soprano voice, and other times a deep deep rumbling.
His musicianship ( is that the right word) was incredible too. It seemed like he could play whatever he picked up. One song was just him singing and plucking the violin, and it was simply beautiful. He played for quite a long time, and the gig didn't finish till 12.45. I was just in awe the whole time and didn't notice the time go by at all. It was just so so beautiful.
After the gig we waited around a bit to meet him, and he signed my single, and was very lovely.
I won't write anymore for fear of boring you all to death, but I came away very happy, and enjoyed it soo soo much."
