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The Hoosiers - The Script - Envy And Other Sins
Plymouth Pavilions 22nd January 2008
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Greg Taylor
Photography.co.uk The Hoosiers - The Script - Envy And Other Sins Plymouth Pavilions 22nd January 2008 |
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One of the new pretenders to the crown of Indie chart kings, The Hoosiers came to the Great Hall at Exeter University last Friday night and did their level best to convince all present that they are worthy of the crown! It was the final show of the current tour, and it was a joy to be present at a gig where the bands first agenda was to entertain and instil a sense of fun throughout the entire evening, the publicity to the gig called for fancy dress, and it was rewarded with a huge number of very high quality costumes littering the arena. The Hoosiers own slant on the Indie pop scene is that they have created a sound that the band describes as, a shiny great dollop of Odd-Pop. Not for a long time have I seen a band take the fun in music so seriously, and after tonight I think that Odd-Pop may stay for a while yet. There were two supporting bands on the night, Envy and other Sins, and The Script, both did themselves no harm at all, and surely earned themselves a few more fans to help their own rise to stardom. But with the whole stage to work with, it was The Hoosiers that controlled the evening, pulling songs mainly from their debut album, The Trick to life, they ploughed through a set that was much too short, My personal favourite of the night was a pulsating rendition of the hit single, Goodbye Mr A, but it was pushed close by crowd stomping new single, Cops and Robbers and of course the Grande Finale of the evening, Worried about Ray. I had expected the atmosphere to be cranked sky high for the entire set, but The Hoosiers proved more versatile than that, with slower acoustic numbers to compliment the high energy songs, which when added to the on stage antics produced a top gig that should last in the memory for some time to come.Greg Taylor |
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