 It’s
a strange situation tonight, there is no barrier,
and it’s a very relaxed affair, table’s
chairs at an acoustic night at the slade rooms.
First on is anti social misfits, local west kids
band, normally an electric rock outfit, now a
4 piece acoustic band just for tonight, I'm sure
it's a refreshing change for all involved, some
of the songs are tongue in cheek, there are plenty
of funny moments to keep the atmosphere light
hearted, some of the songs are pretty decent such
as ground zero, thousand dead is pretty cool,
it has a dark tone, it's pretty decent. The guitar
playing has its moments but some of it is average
at times, but gladly the songs stripped as they
are, the guitars don't trip over each other, the
sound is nice and clean, and easy to listen to.
A welcome addition is a Pearl Jam cover Black;
it's a pretty decent acoustic cover. One really
annoying thing that you never normally notice
at gigs because it's loud is the crowd talking,
not quite on the same sound level but really noticeable,
and it's hard to listen when you've got 50 conversations
in your right ear and a band in your left. Science
fiction girl, the music is good but the lyrics
are rubbish, and it’s not sung very tunefully
at times. The band had the crowd’s attention
but as it went on, the lost most of the room,
only the front row of tables really paid attention
throughout. Overall not a bad set could have done
with a few more catchy songs and a more attentive
crowd, who only really played along when prodded
into joining in.
 Two of the members of the band Reef. Can't say
I've ever been a reef fan, I couldn't even tell
you any off ere songs, I probably know some, if
someone told me they were reef songs. So this
is my first experience of reef, well sort of any
way. Thankfully the crowd now decide to shut up
well on the most part. The songs played so far
are to say the least a bit on the soft side very
mellow, a tad depressing in places but there pretty
decent songs to be honest, peeling back is pretty
good. The crowd can't seem to shut up for 45 minutes,
it is actually pissing me off a fair bit, as the
crowd seem to be trying to compete with the band,
it's mental. SB, play their entire Yard EP/album,
which includes the calling, self is here, wipe
them tears, give me the key and hey girl. There’s
a mix of acoustic guitar, tambourine and harmonica
which adds an extra layer to some of the songs
which gives them some colour. Shutting down is
a newer song off their latest EP. The songs as
good as they are could do with being a bit livelier,
as there a tad dull at times, just something up
beat to break the monotony of the set. The reef
songs at the end of the set get the biggest cheer,
but the main focus here is there songs that they
have done as their own separate entity away from
reef. Its interesting stuff and an outlet for
these two guys away from reef, they just need
to write a few up beat pieces to give there set
some life.
Anti Social Misfits - 3/5
StringerBessant 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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