Venue: The East Brunswick Club
Date: Monday 5th November 2007 (Cup Eve)
Reviewed By: Lyn. Photographs by Mark Geisel.
A sold out Mess Hall gig at the EBC. It was a very full room already, so we got our beverages and found a better position away from what seemed the pathway of punters.
The Silents are a 4 piece male band from Perth, sounding rather similar to The Vines. I get the feeling this is what The Beatles would sound like if they were still around. They had great harmonies and beats with some bad hair chucked in, and got our toes tapping and heads bopping. Many cheers from the crowd and the room soon built up ready for the main act.
The Mess Hall is usually a two piece band from Sydney - guitar and drums - yet they always sound bigger than a two piece. Having been a fan since their debut album with a half naked boy on the cover, tonight we were here for the new album Devils Elbow, which is their second full album to date. Tonight I wasn’t sure if it was a treat or just strange, but on stage a third person with guitar greeted us. I thought this guitar player was excellent, but I’m not sure how fitting for TMH who I guess I’m used to as a two piece! Tonight we got old hits such as the forever bopping Disco I and Disco II, Lock and Load, Feel Like a Dog and Pills as well as many tracks off the new CD. Pulse was pulled off spectacularly, although the noise of the pulse had a few of us blocking our ears. The first single release Keep Walking proved a hit with the crowd who moshed to the whole song.
TMH prove time and time again that no doubt they’ll be rocking for a long time to come.
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