Peace
Deaf Institute Manchester, 13th March 2015
Support: Flesh
The title of Birmingham four-piece Peace’s second album is rather telling of the crowd tonight as the band perform their second of three consecutive sold-out shows in Manchester as part of their biggest ever UK tour. Happy People was released in February to great popularity amongst fans and undoubtedly gaining them new ones, and tracks from the record have been chosen to be an exciting addition to tonight’s set.
The band, consisting of Douglas Castle on guitar, drummer Dom Boyce and brothers Sam and Harry Koisser as bassist and frontman respectively, waltz on stage and launch straight into Higher Than the Sun. The floor of the tiny venue is shaking immediately as the fans (some with glitter sprawled across their cheeks, as considered mandatory at Peace gigs) react in the only way they know. Fellow older track and fan favourite Follow Baby follows before a diverge towards newer hits, including the supremely catchy Lost On Me and touching Someday, is undergone, intercut with the ten-minute anthem that is 1998.
With the opening guitar chimes of California Daze the crowd screams in elation and proceeds to sing each crooning lyric with passion. An upbeat rendition of Lovesick and the gender-stereotype-smashing I’m A Girl see the band off stage before the encore, returning to show the power of new track World Pleasure’s mesmerising bassline.
Peace’s classic sound of indie fused with pop, of infectious guitar riffs fused with a sense of lustful desire, remains very much in demand and a powerful force of delight, going from strength to strength both in the studio and at their fantastic live shows.
Deaf Institute Manchester, 13th March 2015
Support: Flesh
The title of Birmingham four-piece Peace’s second album is rather telling of the crowd tonight as the band perform their second of three consecutive sold-out shows in Manchester as part of their biggest ever UK tour. Happy People was released in February to great popularity amongst fans and undoubtedly gaining them new ones, and tracks from the record have been chosen to be an exciting addition to tonight’s set.
The band, consisting of Douglas Castle on guitar, drummer Dom Boyce and brothers Sam and Harry Koisser as bassist and frontman respectively, waltz on stage and launch straight into Higher Than the Sun. The floor of the tiny venue is shaking immediately as the fans (some with glitter sprawled across their cheeks, as considered mandatory at Peace gigs) react in the only way they know. Fellow older track and fan favourite Follow Baby follows before a diverge towards newer hits, including the supremely catchy Lost On Me and touching Someday, is undergone, intercut with the ten-minute anthem that is 1998.
With the opening guitar chimes of California Daze the crowd screams in elation and proceeds to sing each crooning lyric with passion. An upbeat rendition of Lovesick and the gender-stereotype-smashing I’m A Girl see the band off stage before the encore, returning to show the power of new track World Pleasure’s mesmerising bassline.
Peace’s classic sound of indie fused with pop, of infectious guitar riffs fused with a sense of lustful desire, remains very much in demand and a powerful force of delight, going from strength to strength both in the studio and at their fantastic live shows.
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