The support band, Tall Ships, were a fantastic, energetic band with minimal vocals and floor-shaking volume. What was enjoyable about them, as well as their music, was that they looked genuinely ecstatic when a portion of the crowd started singing along to one of their songs.
Anybody who has been to the Electric Ballroom will know that it's an intimate venue, and spending the entire evening happily crushed against the barrier only reinforced the feeling that there were only a couple of us there. However, the reality of the situation was that the show was sold out, and there were hundreds of people behind me shouting along to every word that sped out of lead singer Gareth's mouth.
The band launched straight into their indie anthem 'By Your Hand' and from the word go, had the crowd in the palm of their hand. As well as songs like 'Songs About Your Girlfriend' and 'Hello Sadness' from their most recent album, Los Campesinos! played older tracks like the tragically beautiful 'The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future'. Between songs Gareth chatted with the crowd, and his conversation included an anecdote about the previous night when drummer Jason had faceplanted the stage and broke his nose, and advice about double checking before kissing Tory boys, no matter how drunk you are, because, and I quote "you deserve better than those cunts".
