DEAD EYES OPENED
Trad goth guitar style band. Well crafted songs with a Sisters/Mission feel and Mick Jagger leading the charge. Guest appearance was made by Stephen Carey of The Eden House/Adoration. Very good band and a great way to open the night!
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THE STRIPPER PROJECT
These guys were not strangers having seen them at Whitby Goth Weekend in the past. If the spirit of Morrisey meshed with Damon Albarn had then possessed the body of Billy Bragg and then got drunk you'd end up with The Stripper Project. They were excellent for all the wrong reasons, chaotic and shambolic but somehow it works! Underneath the chaos were some great tunes.
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DUTCH ORDER
Despite being fraught with technical issues they still managed to pull off a great set with a couple of new songs to boot (albeit a shortened set). Is it just me or do they really sound like a great mix of the Dead Kennedys and Dirk era Adam & The Ants?
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THE LAST CRY
Wonderfully passionate and dramatic performance. No holds barred, no banter, just got on stage and did their stuff! Crowd were really getting into it. Best I've seen them so far.
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RHOMBUS
Typical Rhombus fare, all great songs and enthusiasm and slightly tongue in cheek.
New Temperance was dedicated to the sadly absent Robert Maisey, "he may be a twat, but he's our twat", said Mr Grassby
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VENDEMMIAN
Sadly this set was ruined by bad sound and the plethora of inflatable animals and objects flying around just couldn't save them. Mark's amp was way too loud on stage so his guitar drowned everything out. When he was just singing things sounded really good. One of my favourite bands who were a bit less than impressive tonight due to one overly loud amp :o(
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PRETENTIOUS, MOI?
Absolutely brilliant. Bouncy, fun, danceable. Tim looked like he was having a real ball up there, and Mr Maisey got another shout out!
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Having seen them twice before we decided to skip out on The Eden House and .went for vegetarian Chinese instead! Destroy The Silence was a fantastic festival and I really hope they do something like this again as the line up was really strong. Was great to have a quick catch up with Carina (Cryogenica), Richard (Ghost Of Lemora) and Louis (Nosferatu) as an added bonus to the night!
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