Second gig of the year. M and I braved the icy winds last night to see Innercity Pirates (fka My Red Cell) at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, the first of a few 'Pirates Nights'. Almost empty when we first went in, but more people turned up later on (though by 'people', read bands/friends/family and a few others like us).
This evening there were 2 support bands, who had a 30 minute slot each. First up were Red City, who were solid (maybe even a bit samey?), rather obvious Metallica influences at times! The second band, Dirty Looks, were much better. M thinks we have seen them before and certainly their 1st song 'Into The Sun' sounded familiar. Then again, they did remind me of The Kooks in some ways so perhaps that was it.
Innercity Pirates (see picture taken by M) were on for about an hour or so. I should say at this point that there was no 'stage' as such at all in the ground floor room at Clwb Ifor Bach, the bands performed on the dancefloor section of the room, so twas a very intimate setting! The set was a mix of old favourites from their '13InMy31' album and some new songs from their recent EPs. Of the older songs, I recall In A Cage (On Prozac), Going Out For Nothing, Head In The Ground and Whisper The Fear. New songs included Locked In This Game, Eat The Pain, Go Now Go, She's A Bastard and Bang Bang. The last song M recognised but I didn't - not sure of the title but it went 'f*ck love and hate lets masturbate' - anyone who knows the proper title please post a comment! For samples of the above and info please visit their website Innercity Pirates.
As I mentioned earlier, most of the audience there seemed to be friends and family, atmosphere more of a live practice session, with a few techical problems during the set! Though in some ways this added to the atmosphere!
Next Pirates Nights at Clwb Ifor Bach (which are highly recommended) are: 31st March, 28th April and 26th May 2006.
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