The five piece are, its
fair to say, not having a good night. It doesn’t seem to matter what they do –
and York in particular is trying his heart out – they get almost no response
from the assembled gathering.
It’s an odd one because
you would have thought songs like “Damien” and “Long History” would be lapped
up by Every Time I Die’s crowd, but for whatever reason, this is one for the
group to forget.
Whatever misgivings the
fans had for Stray From The Path, they are long gone by the time ETID hit the
stage. A hedonistic mix of metal, punk, great lyrics and stupid song titles,
the New Yorkers have been doing this stuff for nearly 15 years. All to
infrequent visitors to these shores, their arrival is eagerly anticipated.
The impressively bearded
Keith Buckley is a vocalist of some skill and, with the band ringing the
changes to the set tonight, he is exercising his pipes with “Apocalypse Now And
Then” instead of “Kill The Music” which had started the shows on most of the
other gigs this tour.
Its breathless tones are a
very clear signal of intent, with the band keen to showcase their brilliant “Ex
Lives” record from earlier this year. The magnificently titled “Underwater
Bimbos From Outer Space” with its chorus of “I want to be dead with my friends”
is an instant favourite.
Elsewhere it’s a veritable
greatest hits of Every Time I Die, “The Marvelous Slut,” “Wanderlust,” “I Suck
(Blood) and a quite stunning “The New Black” are obvious standouts, but really
there is no complaints anywhere, before a breathless race to the end, with the
trio of “Ebolarama,” “We’rewolf” and “Floater” closes things.
The band are onstage for little over an hour,
but such is the energy and class of the songs the length barely matters. There
is a slight suspicion that there is not a lot of light and shade in their songs,
but if Every Time I Die are a one-trick pony, they are one that would win best
in show…urmm…Every time they tried.
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