The Holloways + Frank Turner + The Interpreters @ The Waterfront, Norwich 07/05/08 (live review)
It had been a really nice day in Norwich before the Holloways played, it felt like summer was around just around the corner, and I was in the mood for a pleasant evening of upbeat indie tunes to cap it off. Local 4-piece The Interpreters kicked things off with a solid set of well-crafted guitar-based indie pop songs. What their sound lacked in originality was more than made for by their musicianship and presence on stage. There was a maturity and a confidence about them which belied their obviously tender years.
Next up was folk-rock troubadour Frank Turner, back in Norwich supporting the Holloways exactly one month since he was last in town headlining his own UK tour. Even though Frank has been on the road in support of his latest album, Love, Ire and Song, since it came out at the end of March he showed no signs of he was flagging tonight, belting out his songs with his usual passion and energy. Although the majority of the crowd seemed to unfamiliar with him and music, by the end of his set they seemed to have warmed to him, especially when he invited out Rob from The Holloways to play fiddle on his set closer ‘Photosynthesis’.
Finally the Holloways themselves took to the stage and played for a little over an hour. Although The Holloways have now finished their new, as-yet-unnamed follow-up to 2006’s debut, So This Is Great Britain, they have yet to make any new material available prior to this tour. As the album is not actually scheduled for release until the summer I suppose they can be forgiven for holding back. As a result though, the beginning their set was somewhat tame as the crowd didn’t seem too impressed by the first few songs and the band themselves appeared a little lacklustre as well. Happily, as their set progressed into more familiar territory with songs like ‘Dancefloor’, and ‘Happiness and Penniless’ the crowd warmed up and band hit their stride, and each other as Rob and Alfie got a little too close when singing the end of ‘Generator’ into the same mike. The three new tracks they did introduce in the second half of the set seemed to go down well. Overall they don’t sound too dissimilar to their old songs, which I think most Holloways fans would agree is no bad thing. The Holloways rounded off their main set with rousing rendition of ‘Two Left Feet’, the song everyone seemed to have been waiting for. They then proceeded to play a short, but sweet, encore of the best of rest of songs they hadn’t played from So This is Great Britain, finishing off the night with a rowdy version of ‘The Fuck Ups’. Overall a great evening of music on a nice summery day – what more could you want? Roll on the summer and the new Holloways album!
By Adam Tolladay
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Bookmark and share this page with:Next up was folk-rock troubadour Frank Turner, back in Norwich supporting the Holloways exactly one month since he was last in town headlining his own UK tour. Even though Frank has been on the road in support of his latest album, Love, Ire and Song, since it came out at the end of March he showed no signs of he was flagging tonight, belting out his songs with his usual passion and energy. Although the majority of the crowd seemed to unfamiliar with him and music, by the end of his set they seemed to have warmed to him, especially when he invited out Rob from The Holloways to play fiddle on his set closer ‘Photosynthesis’.
Finally the Holloways themselves took to the stage and played for a little over an hour. Although The Holloways have now finished their new, as-yet-unnamed follow-up to 2006’s debut, So This Is Great Britain, they have yet to make any new material available prior to this tour. As the album is not actually scheduled for release until the summer I suppose they can be forgiven for holding back. As a result though, the beginning their set was somewhat tame as the crowd didn’t seem too impressed by the first few songs and the band themselves appeared a little lacklustre as well. Happily, as their set progressed into more familiar territory with songs like ‘Dancefloor’, and ‘Happiness and Penniless’ the crowd warmed up and band hit their stride, and each other as Rob and Alfie got a little too close when singing the end of ‘Generator’ into the same mike. The three new tracks they did introduce in the second half of the set seemed to go down well. Overall they don’t sound too dissimilar to their old songs, which I think most Holloways fans would agree is no bad thing. The Holloways rounded off their main set with rousing rendition of ‘Two Left Feet’, the song everyone seemed to have been waiting for. They then proceeded to play a short, but sweet, encore of the best of rest of songs they hadn’t played from So This is Great Britain, finishing off the night with a rowdy version of ‘The Fuck Ups’. Overall a great evening of music on a nice summery day – what more could you want? Roll on the summer and the new Holloways album!
By Adam Tolladay
www.myspace.com/theholloways
www.myspace.com/frankturner
www.myspace.com/interpreters
Click here to read more Holloways related news, reviews & interviews!
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