Venue: The Corner Hotel, Richmond
Date: 15th November 2012
Reviewed By: Espylyn
The Dark Horses have become a band, no longer Tex Perkins and his Dark Horses and no longer focused on just Tex’s song writing. It’s about the band as a whole, writing songs and lyrics and collaborating together and this album titled Everyone’s Alone is the product of the change.
Tonight at the Corner Hotel we witnessed many of the new songs creeping into the set list (naturally, being the album launch) and the set started with the gorgeous new instrumental Open Ended and then the band cruise into the new single and title album, Everyone’s Alone, and throughout the set I feast on band members exchanging instruments after nearly every song – talented bastards.
Table and chairs are placed front of the stage and punters who are gathered in the seats view the glory of the band up close whilst all around, the place fills up and we all witnessed a band that not only taunts us with great Aussie music, but gives us humour in their interactions. They certainly aren’t a boring band to watch, Tex as ever the front man gives us reason to giggle out loud as he exchanges banter with Charlie Owen about his belly button, to watching the facial expressions on Steve Hadley’s face which is utter priceless. The rest of the band consists of Joel Silbersher (always creating a laugh), Gus Agars on drums and James Cruickshank displaying all his mighty talent.
The set list was mainly songs from the last three albums including Halo, Looking At You But Seeing Her, So Much Older, Changelings, Ice In The Sun, She Speaks A Different Language and Cold Feet.
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