A show I'd been eagerly awaiting since seeing the guys on Easter Sunday in Sheffield for a short but sweet set. This had certainly whet my appetite to hear more from them.
This was their own show which promised old fave tracks & some new ones the guys had been teasing us all with tantalising little snippets posted on social media in the lead up to the event.
A six hour drive up through the Scottish borders to our hotel in Musselburgh ( easier to get a good start in the morning missing being stuck in the Edinburgh traffic) our base for the night is the Premier inn.
Hour & half to change & chill before we head into the city to meet some friends that I personally hadn't seen for around 5 years, so suffice to say with the excitement of seeing this awesome band again I had the added bonus of meeting up with lovely folks & to me that's a huge part of my gig going. The fans of live music who travel to see bands become part of a more widespread "rock family" & getting to experience stunning music with like minded people makes for some fantastic memories that's for sure!
My 1st visit to the famous Bannermans, really cool venue with a fab rock bar was where we decided to have a bevy before the doors open across the road at La Belle Angele.
The bands choice of venue was fab, started in the 90's and became synonymous with the underground scene but burnt down in 2002 when a fire caught from Cowgate the street adjacent. It was rebuilt in 2014, holds around 550 I would say, nice wide room with the bar far enough away from the stage so you can't hear all the noise from the punters chopsing instead of enjoying the music! Go figure it's a gig why buy a ticket just so you can natter at the bar?
Anyway 1st up its Jack Rabbit Slams, 3 piece from Glasgow. The guys definitely set the tone for the evening with an energetic rock n roll set, heavy, choppy riffs with attitude. Will definitely check them out again.
La Belle has filled up more now, looks like a sold out show to me.
Pyro are from Bathgate West Lothian, a rock indie two piece who had a really great sound, some punchy tunes from Connor McCarthy on vocals & drums & Cameron McLean on guitar & backing vocals. Another cool emerging band to look out for.
So here we are the long anticipated hometown show from The Rising Souls! They open up with the track released last year Roulette Roulette really gets the crowd going & you can feel the energy in the room .
The guys serve up a set including tracks from their EP Set Me Free & some rather excellent new tracks. I'm Coming was my favourite of the new material. Their heavy bluesy rock sound with Kelso on bass, Ciaran on guitar ( the new addition to the band who did a mighty fine job!) Reece on drums & Dave with his deliciously powerful soulful voice all makes for an incredibly exciting sounding band. Judging from the reaction of the audience I think The Rising Souls did exactly what they intended on doing......they blew us away!
This band is on it's way up in my humble opinion & a few hundred other folks at that show!
Get out to see them at Steelhouse on Friday 26th July.
Niiiiiiice!!!
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