Thursday 9 February 2017

Independent Venue Week - Dead @ The Sunflower Lounge 26/01/17

Independent Venue Week is a 7-day long celebration of small music venues around the UK, and a sort of shout-out to those who own, run, and work in them. The week supports small bands and artists and allow fans to be right up close to musicians that one day might be headlining massive festivals.
Bex Saunders Photography
I headed down (up?) to the Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham to check out Dead!'s performance. The band were supported by False Advertising, and Orcas

The first band to step up onto the teeny tiny stage was in fact Orcas. While they looked a little scared of the audience in front of them, when they got into the music, all of that went away, and for a band I'd never listened to before, they got me interested and definitely wanting to hear more!

False Advertising stepped up next, and immediately caught my attention with their heavy riffs and strong female lead vocal. (I'd compare them to Milk Teeth, but while they're in that "cool with female band member" section, I'd say the music is a little different). 
The band played with passion and energy, and definitely got the crowd excited for Dead!
Frontwoman Jen Hingley provided stunning and interesting vocals, accompanied by band members Chris Warr and Josh Sellers. Playing tracks such as Dozer and Give it Your Worst, I'd say False Advertising are definitely one to watch!

Finally, at long last it was time for Dead! to play their set! As always, the boys brought an incredible amount of energy to the room, and very quickly got the whole room bouncing, singing, and dancing! 
Playing old favourites such as Phantom and We Are Dead, and treating us to some new tracks from their upcoming album, the band managed to capture the attention of everyone in the room. Frontman Alex Mountford put incredible amounts of emotion into his performance, moving around the stage with the energy of a man possessed. After letting us in on the 'secret' of not doing an encore, the band left the stage (too early at before even 10:30pm!!) sweating and exhausted, yet seemingly exhilarated.
Dead are a band that always manage to make their live performances energetic, interesting, and crowd-involving, and the show at the Sunflower Lounge was no different. 
Thank you, guys!  

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