Tuesday 19 July 2011

The Head and The Heart, Bush Hall, London, 18 July 2011

Setlist: Cats and Dogs / Coeur d'Alene / Ghosts / Honey Come Home / Josh McBride / Heaven Go Easy on Me / Lost in My Mind / Winter Song / Sounds Like Hallejah / New Song / Rivers and Roads / ? / Down in the Valley
The venue was busy before the band came and the band arrived to great audience excitement. hen they started playing, the atmosphere was euphoric and the band played with joyful abandon.

The crowd were really enthusiastic, seemingly determined to dispel rumours of London audiences being tricky, cold and apathetic. For a band that are still new to the UK, they had people singing along from the very start.

The show included a quality new song and the encore opened with a solo acoustic number. The set maintained a consistently high standard. It certainly never seemed like a band with one album and an audience waiting for the 'hit' or the couple of songs they new. Everything was wolfed down with gusto, including the new songs.

All through the set there was a fair bit of audience participation on the choruses, with people still singing along on the Tube ride home. It was a really enjoyable, and a times moving, show. Really looking forward to seeing them in the UK again, and will hopefully be able to persuade some more people along for the ride next time.

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