Gig Review

Natives
Birmingham, Academy 3
22nd March 2014


Natives 
               

Photo Of  Arches © Copyright Jazza WallaceWhen I first got asked to photograph Natives, I had no clue who they were, so I searched them on the internet and started looking through some of their band photos. I soon realised that I had already photographed them years ago before when they supported Canterbury on tour, they were the same people in the band but under a different name, then found out they changed their name which was very confusing for my small brain. As I've photographed these guys before I thought great I know what I'm expecting and started to get excited as the date got nearer, finally it was time, I Photo Of Bleach Blood © Copyright Jazza Wallaceheaded to The O2 Academy in Birmingham, where i was expecting a great turn out, unfortunately there was no more than 20 people there for some strange reason which was pretty disappointing but i thought it was only the start of the night so there was still time for more people to turn up.

Natives are a great young, up and coming band from The New Forest who changed their name from Not Advised in 2012 because they wanted to head in a whole new and different direction with their band and music.

Photo Of Natives © Copyright Jazza WallaceThe bands they brought on this tour with them were Arches and Bleach Blood, who were both pretty good and were fresh young faces to the Indie / rock music scene, well for me any way, but both were really enjoyable and were great support bands.

As Bleach Blood walked off stage at the end of their set I was still expecting the academy floor to fill out more but disappointingly it just stayed the same as the 20 odd people that I counted at the start of the night which I found very sad and annoying because as I said, Natives are a great band that work really hard and in my eyes deserve more. They kicked things off with the Photo Of Natives © Copyright Jazza Wallacesong 'The Horizon' which is the 9th track on their brand new album called 'Indoor War' which was out on March 14th 2014 so not long before this headline tour. The rock/pop band put great effort into this gig trying so hard to try and win the crowd over but didn't have an luck at all, lead singer, Jim even told every one from the back to come forward and party with them but still nothing it's like the crowd were scared of them or something, it was really strange.

Photo Of Natives © Copyright Jazza WallaceHalf way through one of their songs they all picked up a different drumming kind of instrument and all taped away in sync, it almost sounded like I was in a jungle but the crowd seemed to enjoy it and I did also because it was different, you don't really see many bands do this so it was great to watch and the way they made it sound so in sync with each other was amazing. I really enjoyed watching this band but think they deserve a bigger fan base that follow them around when they on tour, I rate the performance 4/5.

Natives 4/5

Review By Jazza Wallace

 Natives


Andy White
Ashley Oliver
Greg Day
Jack Fairbrother
Jim Thomas

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 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?