His opening song was called 'Silver'. This track grabbed my attention immediately due to the punchy guitars and hard-hitting drums, shortly to be followed by the vocals. You could tell straight away that all the members of the band are experienced musicians as there was no awkwardness on stage during their first song. The drummer had a noticeably excelling hypnotic performance, as he compeltely lost himself whislt playing and that is always an incredible thing to watch. The second song of the night was called 'Runaway' and you know that feeling that you get when a new song comes on the radio, and you just instantly know that you're going to like it? This was one of those moments. It was a very simple song, all the while it proved to also be very effective.
"Runaway, we could runaway."
On the third song of the night, Stu did a short introduction and stated that;
"This song was originally written on acoustic and was released about 6 months ago"
This track was called 'There Was A Time' and this is Stu's most successful song, therefore I can understand why he would be proud of it. This worked well with the band, however I have heard his acoustic version of the song online, and as a personal preference - I would have liked it if he had done the acoustic version at the end, to close off his set list. This is more of a meaningful, lyrics-based song so I can understand why it would be "pretty fucking big" as Whiston said on his introduction to the song.
"We used to be so happy, there was a time..."
The fourth track of the evening was called 'Not Enough Hours' and that was also followed by a short introduction; as Whiston stated that they are going to "slow it down a bit now" and he also innocently said how "there isn't enough hours when you think about it". The introduction was very slow and at the start of the song he sounded very similar to Jake Bugg, and as the song progressed you heard a bit of a Miles Kane twang to his voice. Half way into the set, Whiston performed a song called 'We Are The Ones'. Which surprisingly I thought sounded similar to Kings Of Leon - Beautiful War, due to the vocals and the melody of the track.
Before he performed his sixth track of the night he humourlessly said to the audience; "These can all fuck off now, I'm gonna do some acoustics". (On about the band). From this point, Whiston performed two acoustic solo tracks which were called; 'True To Life' and 'Another Day'. During the first solo performance; 'True To Life' Whiston had echoed vocals that proved to be extremely effective, and surprisingly quite a few of the audience members knew a lot of the words to nearly every song. So it looks like Whiston has already created a fan base. Then the second solo performance; 'Another Day' felt like there needed to be more of a punch to it, I think that this would sound better performed with a full band. But as the song is more lyrics- based I can understand why he performed it as an acoustic song.
The eighth song which was performed was one of my favourites it was called 'Dirty Day'. Stu got his band back on the stage again, and began to perform. I have listened to this song before and I liked it then. 'Dirty Day' really exposed Whiston's vocal range and his vocal ability. This track sounded highly inspired by Beady Eye, due to the whinning twang that Whiston has in his voice; like Liam Gallagher and Miles Kane. The second to last song of the evening was a cover of the well-known Oasis track; 'Bring It On Down'. The electric introduction did the song justice right from the beginning. Whiston had the Gallagher whine spot on, as I mentioned earlier he has a Miles Kane twang to his voice anyway. Oasis covers never usually quite make the cut, but this was an exceptional cover and you could tell that they have worked extremely hard on it and they did the britpop band justice. The last song to close off the evening was called 'Rock And Roll Show'. Whiston showed his showmanship skills as usual, by introducing his last performance of the night. There was a brilliant effort from the drummer, yet again. However, the bands performance as a whole was at its peak for their final performance of the evening.
"Rock the whole show, came and took my soul today."
The long instrumental also proved to be very effective, as it was different to their other tracks they performed within the evening. There was a phenomenal close off from the drums, and it was visually the best performance of the night.
In conclusion I thought that they pulled off a great show; and the only nit-picks that I really have, are just down to my personal preference. However, I would have liked Whiston to perform the acoustic version of 'There Was A Time' as this is also Whiston's most renowned track. He is a very captivating and talented performer and his catchy chorus lines are right up my street. You have got a bright future ahead of you and good luck with your future endeavours! Stu Whiston is releasing my favourite single 'Dirty Day' on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Spotify on the 25th of September so be sure to check it out on YouTube! Here is the link - https://youtu.be/h8m1byRiA38
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