My return to Fibbers for over a year was a welcomed one. The band in question was Wintersleep, a Canadian 4-piece.
But lets start from the beginning: We set foot into Fibbers again and the feel, the small and dinginess hadn't changed which delighted me. It has, since my last visit been taken over by BarFly so I was at least expecting a few changes. It had a new lick of paint, just black everywhere.
The room was empty, which is to be expected when there were two support bands. Already playing were Dream of Apollo and strangely my partner in crime used to go to school with the bassist. Tonight they were playing without their drummer. So stood in front of us were a guitarist, a bassist and a lady singing her fucking heart out. The songs were full of melody and words for the literate. But to be honest she could have been singing about pigeons taking a poo in the middle of a road and you would have thought it was the most beautiful sight.
Next up were arrogant somebodies Radio Gypsy and they promised to inject some noise into the proceedings (although they were already like yapping dogs before they step foot on the stage). They started out very lively but it all went downhill from there and they sounded like everything else that is out there at the moment. They were The Killers without the tunes (excluding album 3 and 3/4 of album 2). That's all I want to say about Radio Gypsy because they do not warrant anything else.
So, Wintersleep enter the dimly lit stage like they were about to play to themselves. They seemed very humble and cool. They got straight into it and opened with 'Drunk On Aluminium' and then 'Archaeologists' from their third LP 'Welcome to The Night Sky'. Paul Murphy's voice seemed less grungy as it does on record. It was softer but still potent and visceral.
By this point and to my amazement5 the room wasn't any busier so it was me, Dave and Wintersleep which suited me just fine.
Wintersleep were incredible and played their hearts out to about 40 people but there were two people there that listened to every word and praised them even more once the show was over.
All in all a fantastic return to Fibbers all thanks to Wintersleep and Dream of Apollo.
But lets start from the beginning: We set foot into Fibbers again and the feel, the small and dinginess hadn't changed which delighted me. It has, since my last visit been taken over by BarFly so I was at least expecting a few changes. It had a new lick of paint, just black everywhere.
The room was empty, which is to be expected when there were two support bands. Already playing were Dream of Apollo and strangely my partner in crime used to go to school with the bassist. Tonight they were playing without their drummer. So stood in front of us were a guitarist, a bassist and a lady singing her fucking heart out. The songs were full of melody and words for the literate. But to be honest she could have been singing about pigeons taking a poo in the middle of a road and you would have thought it was the most beautiful sight.
Next up were arrogant somebodies Radio Gypsy and they promised to inject some noise into the proceedings (although they were already like yapping dogs before they step foot on the stage). They started out very lively but it all went downhill from there and they sounded like everything else that is out there at the moment. They were The Killers without the tunes (excluding album 3 and 3/4 of album 2). That's all I want to say about Radio Gypsy because they do not warrant anything else.
So, Wintersleep enter the dimly lit stage like they were about to play to themselves. They seemed very humble and cool. They got straight into it and opened with 'Drunk On Aluminium' and then 'Archaeologists' from their third LP 'Welcome to The Night Sky'. Paul Murphy's voice seemed less grungy as it does on record. It was softer but still potent and visceral.
By this point and to my amazement5 the room wasn't any busier so it was me, Dave and Wintersleep which suited me just fine.
Wintersleep were incredible and played their hearts out to about 40 people but there were two people there that listened to every word and praised them even more once the show was over.
All in all a fantastic return to Fibbers all thanks to Wintersleep and Dream of Apollo.
Stephen 'Kokanez' Caines
18/05/2009
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