 Well i have to say what a disappointment Birmingham
music fans were tonight, no one bothered to turn
up to this gig, both bands they played pretty
much for me, the barman and sound guy, the story
as i hear it, the band that turned up didn't bother
selling any tickets and another band just didn't
bother turning up full stop, which is just a lousy
attitude to have really.
Well the band that played first made no effort
to introduce themselves as there was no one there
to introduce themselves too, so i didnt catch
there name, but they played a mix of electro indie,
just like the headliner glint, even tho there
was no crowd they played a few tracks anyway,
no doubt falling short of a full set, they played
with no shoes on, which stank the stage up a bit
so it was a tad unpleasant shooting them so close,
they gave a good account of themselves though,
the stuff they did play was catchy in places,
had some decent riffs, solid drumming, if a crowd
had turned up they may have got some more fans
from the gig, but alas just me and the barman
were listening. Then as soon as they were done
they buggered off home, which was a bit shit of
them since Glint were now playing to me and the
few working there yet again.
 Glint they came on said hello to me and the few
that were there, and said they were gonna play
a few songs, which they did, two new ones off
there latest self titled EP, the tracks were Kernel
Panic and freak out which happens to be one of
my new favorite tracks, so i sang along a little
while shooting then they played a as of yet unreleased
track called Man Vs Man which was really loud
and different to the first two tracks as it seemed
a more serious of a song somewhat darker i guess,
Then they skipped to the end of there setlist
and played a David Bowie cover, Ashes to Ashes,
which was a decent cover and the band looked like
they were just getting into it. The last song
they played, had the original founding members
playing on stage which was the drummer, Mateus
Tebaldi and multi-instrumentalist Jase Blankfort,
they performed an old song called It hurts, which
wasnt a bad track, seemed heartfelt and loud for
just two guys on stage. Its a shame that no on
turned up as i feel people have missed out here,
there is always next time though.
Glint 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
