Tiger please, are a Indie/Alternative 5 piece
band, to be honest they sound a lot Kings of Leon
do on their previous album, Only By The Night
, It's accessible indie rock, it's real radio
friendly stuff which is by no means a bad thing
, and will defiantly appeal to ffaf fans. They
got some good rock melodies, the vocals are abut
rough but clean, it's good sounding, the guitar
riffs are pretty decent pretty catchy stuff, drumming
ain't all that bad either, they know how to write
a catchy song, which are defiantly worth a second
listen on a CD.
Rise to remain, a Metal core 5 piece on the rise
so to speak. And the last time I saw them was
in 2009, It was a so so set, but they seem to
have grown as a band. There really tearing it
up tonight storming the stage with their opening
song Illusive Existence, not too sure of the other
songs they played as there not really a band that
I follow, I know they played the serpent and possible
Purify, Power Through Fear, Bridges Will Burn,
it seemed like a shot set, with their blistering
pace, and they seem to be the odd band out, and
also a tough act to follow. The vocals went in
and out a bit, but other than that it wasn't half
bad, lots of energy given on stage. Good heavy
set, with lots of fast riffs and plenty of aggression
in the vocals and on the drums, they seem to have
hit their stride now in this tour and it shows,
other than the minor, tech problem it was a good
set.
 Funeral for a friend are a band that I've waited to see for about
6-7 years, I never got round to it, better late
than never I suppose, They opened there set with
Roses For The Dead, a real blistering start to
the set, quickly followed by Rookie of the year
and new song Sixteen. They've got a really heavy
sound tonight, some of the new songs sound pretty
good, some decent riffs on display, good singing
plenty of energy on show tonight, bit of banter,
even gets a Human Jenga on the go, the rule is
first person to touch the ceiling wins a prize
tonight it's beans on toast with the singer after
the gig! Needless to say no one managed it, one
came close, he touched the disco ball! They continued
their set with Juneau, another new song called
Aftertaste, The End of Nothing, Serpents In Solitude
of their EP which was released in latter half
of last year, always good to hear songs off non
albums, Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't another
new track, this got the crowd going a bit, which
was cool. Monsters and Man alive and this was
followed by History which took it down a notch
and really got the crowd singing along, good to
hear, and they closed out the main set with spinning
over the island, I'd have ended with history,
but never mind. They reopen there set with Oblivion,
my all time favourite FFAF song well one of my
all time favourite songs period! This got the
crowd singing along once again, they finished
out there set with Front Row and Escape Artist,
a blistering high energy end to the night.
Tiger Please 3/5
Rise To Remain 3/5
Funeral For A Friend 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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