After checking out their latest album (
read my review here), I was gutted that I missed
Sick N' Beautiful on their UK tour earlier this year. Fortunately, they announced three more shows for later in the year, so I trecked up to Bradford to check them out.
First up were the Manchester based
Fear Me December. The last time I saw them was at the
Girls Rock! Festival back in April (
read my review here). I was impressed at how much they'd improved, and tonight, they were better still. This time, they had
Freddy, from
Novacrow standing in on bass, and they sounded great as a five-piece. Gigging regularly has clearly paid dividends for them, as their performance was super-slick, and tonight they were clearly on top of their game.
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| Fear Me December - Photo by Richard Lindley |
I've seen
Novacrow several times over the last couple of years, and they never fail to put on a great show. Their relentless gigging schedule has chiselled them into a absolute machine of a band, effortlessly winning over every crowd, and this evening was no exception. Tonight, they played a good mix of songs from their debut and also from their recently released sophomore EP
Criminal Mastermind (
read my review here). It was obvious that the majority of people in attendance were already familiar with
Novacrow, and they went down a storm as expected.
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| Novacrow - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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| Novacrow - Photo by Richard Lindley |
Italy's Sick N' Beautiful are an awesome live band. I love their alien imagery and their larger-than-life stage show. Being a massive fan of Kiss, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie, this kind of Rock show really appeals to me, and it's infinitely more interesting and fun than watching a bunch of musicians in jeans and T-Shirts.
The band tore through all of the fan-favourites including Fire True, Megalomanical, Hellawake, and the 'incendiary' New Witch 666. During the latter, lead singer Herma brings out what looks like a flaming Necronomicon, which I thought was particularly awesome. Visually, Sick N' Beautiful are fantastic, but most importantly, they have some great songs to back them up. Their music is easily accessible, so members of the audience won't have to have listened to their records to be instantly absorbed by the songs and immersed into their alien world.
Sick N' Beautiful ooze charisma, have some killer songs, and are thoroughly entertaining. What more could anyone ask for?
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| Sick N' Beautiful - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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| Sick N' Beautiful - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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| Sick N' Beautiful - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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| Sick N' Beautiful - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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| Sick N' Beautiful - Photo by Richard Lindley |
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