I will get there in the end. I've done this back-to-front too. It will keep you on your toes. We went down to the Academy 3 on 27th May to see our friends LAP (Life Among People) play the Academy unsigned night. At first the audience seemed timid save for a few fans who were up at the front straight away but as the set progressed, more and more of the people here to see other bands were drawn into the crowd by the impressive noises coming from the stage. I've lost count of how many times we've seen LAP but seeing them on a larger stage with a professional sound and stage set-up shows them off to their full effect. The guys aren't at all phased by this and get things going with recent single Point and Shoot. In Dog Years You're Dead follows and is backed up by Zero Tolerance. Tony's a confident frontman these days but the overall sound benefits from the extra guitar brought by relative newcomer Ste.
Jim's been a friend of mine for some years but I'm still ever-impressed by his drumming abilities and
watching him and Martin drive the band forward through the faster songs leaves me feeling tired out! We got the Terminator theme tune mid-set, which although executed with a high degree of irony is atmospheric and epic. Always brings a smile to my face though they tend to shy away from playing it these days so as not to appear gimmicky.A couple more songs from their recent works see the crowd really getting into the set and I feel proud to see so many people finally appreciating the talent these guys have. Older song Trend is the show-closer and there's a definite buzz of impressed people as we leave to get home early as it is a school night after all.
8/10 (Photos by Danny Powell)
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