Alvarez Kings are leaving their mark everywhere they go
| 5th February 2018
Alvarez Kings ended their tour on a high at the Night and Day café. They brought their cool blending of an alternative indie-pop sound; leaving the audience yearning for more songs.
It’s clear that wherever these guys go they are leaving their mark; many of the audience members had seen the band before, supporting other acts, and decided to come back for more.
But, the youthful Hover Bored were to play first.
They had a grungy pop sound, with riffs at a high pitch giving them an almost sci-fi quality.
They were bouncy and adorable, but with the bassist’s hair resembling an umbrella of swooshing blonde, it’s hard to understand how he could see what he was playing.
Their track ‘New To You’ particularly shows off their style, if you want to check them out on Spotify and iTunes.
They’ve also got a new song ‘Safe Side’ coming out in March, so keep your eyes peeled.
They kept thanking everyone between their songs, which was unnecessary, as they definitely deserved to be on stage.
Prowles were next (or Prowlers as the poster stated) who were older, heavier and played at a faster pace.
They sounded like they had just landed from the late 90s, but with a fresher edge to them.
The frontman seemed much more comfortable on stage- compared the Hover Bored’s.
Although, he should be careful wearing jeans that tight, as it would be embarrassing if they split on stage one day.
They also played around with the lighting a bit, with the stage going black through the intro for their last song; adding an air of drama and mystery- something the other bands didn’t do.
It was impressive to see that when their set finished the crowd were chanting for one more song – you don’t get that often with support bands.
Then another change of sound came when Foxglove performed.
They’re a local, female-fronted, alternative rock band with a light summery feel to them.
The whole night would have flowed better had these guys gone before Prowles, as the tempo and heaviness would have built up better.
Front-woman, Abi White, had confidence in abundance; she danced around the stage and conversed with the audience, more than the others had done.
‘Tuesday’, ‘Cheap Thrills’ and ‘Popping Candy’ were highlights from their performance.
They were very clearly happy to be playing .
The bassist and drummer looked as though they had a bromance going on, as they kept gazing into each other’s eyes, as they played.
The audience were really starting to liven up now as well, with the start of drunk dancing, not to mention the smell of sweaty socks, mixed with someone’s rather pungent aftershave too.
Alvarez Kings then really fired things up.
They were sprightly and certainly weren’t afraid of giving themselves too much to do.
To the left of the stage you had a one-man-band. The guitarist also doubled as a keys and shakers player too.
Hidden away at the back of the stage was also a highly animated drummer, whose crazy facial expressions were amusing.
He resembled Animal from The Muppets as he flung his sticks in the air.
They sucked up to the crowd a bit too with: “the Night and Day Café is one of the coolest venues in the country”.
They brought the tempo down for ‘Fear To Feel’ and vocally it felt more sincere.
The frontman put his guitar down for ‘No Resolve’ and really began to blossom and come into his own.
He came off the stage and made his way round the audience; taking a few cheeky swigs of pints.
‘The Other Side Of Sadness’ finished off the set, but not before a few wise words about mental health, as it is explained this song was a way of dealing with the grief of losing a friend to suicide.
Whilst this is a beautiful song, with lyrics like : “the wounds will heal, the scars will fade away”, that resonate with so many people, it was a sad note to end the show on.
But, that didn’t stop people wanting more.