embarrassed, but feel blessed that his Mom shows so much pride in his work. His seemingly overwrought persona was brought to a crashing stop with the combined punchline and reveal that finished his speech, as he tells his Mother simply this: “I am so proud I came out of your vagina. This song is called I Write Sins Not Tragedies!” – the classic and still arguably best song Panic! have ever written engulfing the venue in pure emotion, with almost the entire first verse being sung by the crowd, as they were simply so deafeningly loud that nobody would have heard Urie even if he’d tried. The highlight of the 3-song encore was the middle track, as Brendon (in an almost Mick Foley-like cheap pop moment – look it up) confessed that he “loves playing in the UK so much, we wanted to cover one of the best rock bands in the UK”, before playing one song nobody expects to see a band like P!ATD play – The Darkness’ “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”. And, unbelievably, the band absolutely nailed it. The only thing more impressive than Brendon’s stunning hidden talent for falsetto vocals was touring guitarist Ian Crawford’s spot-on nailing of the song’s classic solo, before the set was brought to a rousing close with “Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met)”. Before the gig, I went in expecting to enjoy an entertaining show by a band who I never named as one of my favourites, but always enjoyed. I came out, quite simply, a convert. I now firmly believe that P!ATD are one of the best live bands pop-punk has at the moment, and will defend that claim to the ends of the earth. Simply put, if you haven’t seen them yet, get to a show as soon as you possibly can – take it from me, you won’t regret it. CRA
Marmozets 07/02/12
- CARDIFF CLWB IFOR BACH 07/02/12 2011 was a fantastic year for Marmozets, they got a slot at Hevy Fest, whilst being noticed by many well respected music publications at the same time. 2012 also started nicely for them as they got to support the huge Four Year Strong, they've got a slot confirmed for Download Festival, and now as we see them play tonight, they are out on a massive UK tour with Hyro Da Hero. So it seems everything is going as planned for these guys as they are starting to become much more than just an upcoming band, and it looks like this year will be their year. The band are first on tonight, but they still instantly blow the crowd away with their endless energy, the guitarists are jumping into the crowd whilst performing their complicated parts with ease, and the lead singer is hitting every note with no problem at all. The band perform old school tunes like 'Lives' perfectly, and they also give us a fair does of new music from their brand new EP 'Vexed' which is also great to hear live, and shows that the band have progressed nicely since the release of 'Passive Aggressive' . With killer tunes like 'Onemanwolfpack' it is clear to see that Marmozets will not be playing such intimate venues for much longer, their talent is insane, and they are only just getting started. We will be looking out for their debut album for certain. AD