[ originally published 09/03/2015 ]
FUTURE OF THE LEFT
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff - 31st January 2015
Support: St. Pierre Snake Invasion, WaLL
This was a special one-off hometown show to support Independent Venue Week. Bristolian friends The St. Pierre Snake Invasion were asked along for the ride and went down a storm, while WaLL opened the show to far fewer people and made somewhat less of an impression.
Maybe because of the occasion, Future Of The Left played a lot of old songs, with only a few from their most recent two albums. Kept by Bees opened the set, Arming Eritrea, Manchasm and The Lord Hates A Coward were aired too. They even ran through a 'cover' of No Covers by mclusky, the band singer Andrew Falcous and drummer Jack Eggleston were previously members of. But a Future Of The Left show in Cardiff isn't complete without some great banter between band and fans. Following Falco telling an audience member he looked like Jeffrey Archer he was somewhat predictably asked: "Who's Jeffrey Archer?" to whit: "He's like Nigel Farage but not as good a writer."
"Fuck Nigel Farage," came another shout.
"Yes," replied Falco as quick as you like. "Fuck Nigel Farage, but not to the point where he enjoys it!"
And so it continued. "Fuck the Stone Roses," came a familiar voice a little later.
“I’m concerned by your obsession with sexual violence," retorted Falco. "‘Sexual violence rarely solves anything,’ my mother always said."
At the climax of a wonderfully loud, noisy and riotous set, it all got even more noisy and riotous as the ritual dismantling of the drum kit unfolded. Fans joined the band onstage to take part in hitting various percussive items while feedback squealed and guitars fuzzed for longer than most of the songs in the set. Some lucky punter even had bassist Julia on his shoulders as she noodled along to the cacophony. 'Twas one of the most fun shows I've attended in the last few years.
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