Last night, I was lucky enough to see Mallory Knox perform live for the second time. Last time I caught the band live was at Leeds Festival in 2014, not long before the release of their second album, Asymmetry. This time, the band are touring to promote their third record, Wired.
First off, however, I’ll talk about the support acts. Scottish act Fatherson were first to take to the stage, and this was my second time seeing them perform live – the first time was when they supported Enter Shikari on The Mindsweep tour. In all honesty, I thought their performance took a little while to kick off, so maybe the first 20 minutes of their set was a bit lacklustre. Their last couple of songs, thankfully, picked up the band’s energy levels and managed to get the crowd jumping. Here’s the video for Lost Little Boys, one of the tracks the band played last night.
Next up were fellow Cambridge band Lonely The Brave. Unfortunately their performance was marred by a few technical issues: lead vocalist David Jakes had a number of issues with his microphone and in-ear headphones, so there were a few awkward pauses between songs whilst the problems were sorted out. Otherwise, the band’s performance was spot on, just as good as when I saw them supporting Deaf Havana in 2014. Check out Black Mire, one of my favourite Lonely The Brave tracks:
Finally, Mallory Knox took to the stage. Their performance was very strong throughout the night, with the entire band working together like a well oiled machine. Lead vocalist Mikey Chapman had some trouble with his voice, declaring about halfway through the set that his voice was “fucked up”, but he managed to power through and perform the rest of the set. Plus, backing vocals from bassist Sam Douglas helped to fill any gaps.
The band’s set list was very strong, with a great mixture of tracks from all three of their albums. They probably got the strongest reaction from the crowd whilst playing Lighthouse, Beggars and Wake Up from their debut record Signals, but it seemed like the crowd were equally happy hearing songs from Asymmetry. The tracks from Mallory Knox’s latest album went down very well, and even though Wired was only released a couple of weeks ago, a decent portion of the crowd were singing along to the tracks. Here’s the video for last night’s opening track, Giving It Up:
So there you have it. Mallory Knox put on an awesome show, and if you have the opportunity to see them live, you’d be silly if you didn’t take it.
Have you already seen Mallory Knox live on their Wired tour? What did you think of their performance? Let me know on my Facebook or Twitter page, or in the comment section below this post.
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