We
headed down to Bristol on a rainy Tuesday night
to check out South Wales finest new rockers The
Dirty Youth as they played the Thekla, which happens
to be one of the most exciting venues in Bristol
due to the fact that the Thekla is an old cargo
ship moored in the Mud Dock area of Bristol and
since the early 90’s it has been a number
one night club hot spot for the city as well as
a top gig venue which has hosted so many big names
throughout the years from Pete Doherty, Franz
Ferdinand and so many others in this intimate
400 capacity venue.
The Dirty Youth released their debut album ‘Red
Light Fix’ back in 2011 and since then they
have played various headline shows, toured alongside
Korn, The Rasmus, Reckless Love as well as playing
major festivals like the Download Festival which
they played back in June and now The Dirty Youth
are gearing up to release their second studio
EP ‘Gold Dust Part 1’.
The
Thekla tonight was way under capacity with only
about 100 people in attendance and I would say
a good half of the people travelled down the motorway
from South Wales to show support to their favourite
band The Dirty Youth, even two members of Bullet
For My Valentine were in attendance.
When it comes to putting on a show The Dirty Youth
are pros as from start to finish their set was
a full on energetic experience as they started
with the explosive ‘I’m Not Listening
To You’ which
was then followed up the likes of ‘Darkest
Wedding’, ‘Bury Me Next To Elvis’,
‘Crying Out For You’ but it was the
likes of Requiem Of The Drunk’ and ‘Fight’
where things proper picked up as singer Danni
Monroe encouraged the crowd to get involved as
the band played through the songs like their lives
depended on it executing more energy than they
do on record.
The set came to an end with ‘Fight’
and after a good 5 minute wait The Dirty Youth
came back on stage to play their latest
single ‘Alive’ and it went down a
storm as the band jammed out on stage solidly
as Danni Monroe energetically threw herself across
the stage dancing and singing her heart out for
one last time.
It is safe to say that The Dirty Youth know how
to put on a good show, they have a great collection
of songs, they gel well as a band and being on
the road solidly for the past couple of years
has worked wonders for them as tonight’s
show ran smooth with no hiccups at all, however
The
Dirty Youth only played for 45minutes and only
managed to play 9 songs in that time with the
show coming to an end at 9.30pm I just feel that
with a studio album under their belts and a new
EP on the way that they should of upped their
game and played for a bit longer but I guess for
£8 you really can’t complain too much
as The Dirty Youth put on a solid show and there
were also two well talked about support bands
on before.
The Dirty Youth 4/5
Review By Trigger
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