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Matchbook Romance + Behind Crimson Eyes, Trial Kennedy Adelaide UniBar, Wed 7 Dec I wish I could sit here and tell you how incredible this show was, I really do... Trial Kennedy started the evening well and played their set in their usual charming way - despite an unfortunate case of 'costume malfunction' for their poor vocalist. But while Trial Kennedy couldn't seem to wake up the crowd, Behind Crimson Eyes sure grabbed their attention, that's for sure. Still, it would have been nicer to see some more movement in the crowd, considering how the full the Unibar had become at that point in the evening... It pains me to write a bad review for Matchbook Romance though. They came all this way to play for their Aussie fans, they did all the right things, pulled all the right moves, and played all the right songs - even 14 Balloons, which I was sure they'd never include. But with time and money restraints, the boys weren't able to bring their best equipment and consequently their vocalist wasn't able to hear what was going on around him, and the band's performance wasn't the best they could do. They even admitted so themselves, stopping to apologise a few times throughout their set. Still, there's no denying they did their best working through tracks both old (most of their album was included, such as Your Stories, My Alibis, Tigerlily and Playing For Keeps) and new (the song taken from their forthcoming album shows a distinct growth in the band's songwriting - coming across as sort of 'OK Computer'-era Radiohead if they were a punk band from Poughkeepsie). Still, with their new album only a couple of months away, the band have promised to return. Fingers crossed it'll be a better show.  |
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