This was a Cloud Control headline gig, but with severe weather closing in and a train journey to make back home to the South Coast we had to bail out early. But having bought the tickets principally to see Teleman anyway, the addition of Young Husband was a bonus so still plenty of value for money for us.
Young Husband released a solid debut album in 2013 featuring a number of songs built around melodic guitars and creative lyrics. Tonight's brief set of six tunes centred around two album highlights 'Silver Sisters' and 'Wavelength' as well as 6Music's recently-aired 'Left Of The Rocks'. Closing with the title track from their 'Dromes' album the band left a reminder that they are fully capable of rockin with the best of them as the guitar refrain from the song wanders into grunge territory.
This band have some dates coming up supporting Bo Ningen. I'm not sure what the BN faithful will make of Young husband, but if you're thinking about going to one of these shows I would highly recommend getting there in good time to take in the opening band as well.
Teleman are the recent carnation of 'Pete and the Pirates', basically the same line-up with a different drummer. With Thomas Sander's distinctive vocal still to the fore as in the PATP material, the Teleman songs show a further level of maturity in their song-writing craft. With just a limited edition EP released so far, we are waiting in keen anticipation for their debut full-length offering.
Tonight's set comprises some new songs as well as 3 numbers from their EP. The stunning 'Cristina' first reached the 6Music airwaves last summer and sits at the centre of tonight's set, a truly captivating song. Hats off to the sound engineer at Heaven. Given this was not the main act the sound quality was spot on, showcasing this talented band brilliantly.
Si & Sally
