tracks built upon what ,((.(&#0+@(#&()!'#-)*.(&#"/(*9#R(# seems to be the band’s +,#05<@K#!"#')/(#,5<'#)#/+/)<+"5,# 7"5%&)!+"%;#'()/K#85+!)*# guitarist, who had such a fast beat rhythms paired with 8"+%8#!')!#(/(*K!'+%8#-),#650,)!+%8# thick drumming and !'*"58'#.K#,K,!(.9#b%#E?<!#"%# borderline dreary and Impulse,” Palmer looked like he was mournful crooning. 8"+%8#!"#&+(;#*()&K#!"#8+/(#'+,#>"&K# 56#),#,)<*+$<(#!"#!'(#85+!)*#8"&,9#='(# The boys took the small -'"0(#*"".#,((.(&#!"#>(#8+/+%8#+%# stage of the Majestic, !"#)%#+%(*!+)0#7"*<(3#+!#,((.(&#6'K,+<,# immediately tearing into were at work, the speed of the guitar the meat of their newest 6500+%8#(/(*K!'+%8#+%#!"#!'(#,!)8(9#H# In my mind, I was going to Scotland )0>5.#0+@(#)#,!)*/(&#1-)%#L<W*(8"*# 7(0!#0+@(#H#-),#-)0@+%8#&"-%#)#/(*K# for the night. Home to the land of +%#7*"%!#"7#)#&+%%(*#"7#$,'#)%&#<'+6,# long subway tunnel, taunted half by my ancestors: a magical place of and Guinness. “Hard to Remember” paranoia, half by adrenaline, the loud ')88+,;#@+0!,;#M(00(#r#J(>),!+)%#)%&# ')&#(/(*K>"&K#,-)K+%8;#7"00"-+%8# echoes making my heart thud against Trainspotting. In a sea of leather 0()&#,+%8(*#?&).#='".6,"%I,# my chest. F)<@(!,#)%&#DMG#!)00>"K,;#H#(%/+,+"%(&# self-deprecating refrain “It’s hard the Majestic as some smoky, seedy Hungry with intensity, We Were 65>#+%#W0),8"-#-'(*(#(/(*K"%(#-),# !"#*(.(.>(*#)#<"0&(*#T"/(.>(*;i# >(<".+%8#>)*(0K#&+,<(*%)>0(#"/(*# D*".+,(&#B(!6)<@,#')&#)%#"0&#<"%<(*!# *(&S7)<(&#)%&#25,'(&#-+!'#&*+%@# 85+!)*+,!#L+<')(0#D)0.(*I,#'()/K# hall feeling like a gritty pub on any and anticipation. We Were Promised strumming. You could almost feel the 8+/(%#J)!5*&)K#%+8'!9#L)&+,"%#.)K# B(!6)<@,I#J)!5*&)K#%+8'!#,'"-# icy chill off the loch blowing through not be Glasgow, but the boys kept me was just as beer soaked, hormones Southern Wisconsin, despite the wanting to get on the next plane the )>"5%&;#)%&#0"5&#),#H#<"50&#')/(# !*"6+<)0#-()!'(*#-(I/(#>((%#')/+%89# mother country, clearly a place that hoped my homeland would produce. produces music worth a trip. Thompson almost seems like a We walked in mid-performance of # ##########0+/+#MAGNANINI !'(#"6(%(*S&(,(*/+%8S"7S)S'()&0+%(*# background guy who just happens to # 6'"!"#7*".#---9'+!<*)/(9<". >(#!'(#0()&#,+%8(*3#'+,#,!)8(#6*(,(%<(# &5"#M)&#a(+%,;#-'"#')&#8(%(*)!(&#)# sizeable crowd of bopping heads and 65.6+%8#$,!,9#H#).#)0-)K,#,@(6!+<)0# of no-name openers, but I was kicking .K,(07#+%#!'(#(%&#7"*#%"!#')/+%8# 8+/(%#!'(,(#85K,#)#<')%<(;#-+,'+%8# !')!#H#<"50&#')/(#,((%#!'(+*#-'"0(# act. Belting out the last song into a bizarre blue telephone attached to a .+<*"6'"%(;#M)&#a(+%,#0(7!#!'(#*"".# *(/(*>(*)!+%8#-+!'#(N<+!(.(%!#7"*#-')!# was next.
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Hailing from Edinburgh, We Were D*".+,(&#B(!6)<@,#7"*.(&#)7!(*# winning their high school “Battle of the Bands” competition and quickly relocated to Glasgow where they were able to land better gigs. Their sophomore album released last fall, In the Pit of the Stomach, features many
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