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The Feeling - Leeds University
I don’t know if you are like me, but do you ever find that no matter how well you plan things you always end up at the last push doing everything? If I’ve got eight hours to get ready I leave it until twenty minutes before my taxi is due to jump in the shower, so I’m bad enough without things conspiring against me to make me late.
I leave work on time and catch the bus no problem, this is as good as it gets though, as about ten minutes from home it gets stuck in traffic and I don’t get home for another thirty minutues. This then means that I can’t get any food ready before we go out for the bus and a big lad and an empty stomach are two things that don’t go well together.
The bus is then ten minutes late, so by the time we get to Leeds, grab a quick Subway sandwich and head up towards the venue it’s getting pretty tight for time. We just about manage to dive into the Fenton pub near the venue and round up everyone I was supposed to meet half an hour ago and then we hot foot it up to Leeds University to catch the support band tonight who I’m here to review primarily.
The Feeling landed in my musical radar around November last year when they released Fill My Little World as their debut single. That single didn’t exactly set the charts or the music world alight, but it did suggest that if things go right for them and they had enough quality to back up this promising offering then they could potentially fill the gap left by the likes of Keane.
Since then of course they’ve gone from strength to strength with Sewn seemingly lodged in the top twenty for the past couple of months and bringing them to a wider audience. I was supposed to see them live just over a month or so ago when they played a headline tour in relatively small venues, unfortunately a mix up with tickets (cheers Royal Mail you owe me one) and I missed out on seeing how they transferred over to the live arena.
We miss the opening song of their set after the running around getting to the venue, but catch the second one from the bar. They sound melodic (as you would expect) but it’s not the most inspiring song you’ll ever hear. Things take a slightly stranger turn when we head nearer to the stage. The lead singer seems to have been taken over by the ghost of Freddie Mercury playing puppet on a string with Pete Townsend, his arm is straight up in the air in defiant rock tradition, but unfortunately this is somewhat out of character with the music which on the whole comes over as a little bit confused.
- The Feeling
- Leeds University (2nd May 2006)
- Category: Live
- Label: Island Records
- Support: The Charlatans (Headlining)
- Reviewed by: Kev
- Published on: 07 May 2006
- Comments: 0
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Add to favouritesOn the one hand they seem competent and confident in what they do when they go for the slower or poppy tracks, but then they spoil too many songs by trying to rock out midway through the song, it leaves you slightly disorientated in working out where they are going musically. The two singles come across quite well, but they unfortunately stand out like a sore thumb in this set. The remainder of which is ultimately bland.
The night is rescued by a surprise from The Charlatans, they play a really good set of old songs with only a smattering of the reggae influenced tracks that have led to the new album receiving such a muted response. It ends up being a lesson from the old boys to the new, that you can do all the posturing you want but a good set of songs will win out everytime
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