Apologies for the pun.
Unsane are an American hardcore noise-rock sort of band. They played at the Custard Factory in a gig promoted by Capsule. It was very loud. Very loud. So loud I felt my bowels might give way at one point which is both worrying and oddly exciting. I actually went deaf for a while afterwards, which was nice considering this is Going Deaf For A Fortnight fortnight.
However, I can’t be arsed to write about it. I did take photos and, in a radical new development, shot a bit of video. Unfortunately the speaker of my camcorder pretty much gave up with the so you might want to turn down the volume a bit.
Bee Stung Lips supporting
Long haired chap feeling the rock
Singer-bloke Chris Spencer
Bass playing bloke Dave Curran
Rather impressive drummer bloke Vinnie Signorelli
Three videos of dubious quality:
This one is from the encore where they played a Black Sabbath tune in honour of playing in Birmingham. If you can figure out what it is then you win a prize.
Another crowd photo
In conclusion, while being mildly devastated that the singer from Bee Stung Lips was ill the band played well without him.
Unsane grew on me as the night progressed. I particularly liked the extended drum intros and bluesy elements. Hardcore, while exciting, can be a bit dull unless the band tweaks it slightly. I liked their tweaking. By the end I was a convert.
Audience: Not that full to be honest but those that were there seemed to be enjoying themselves a lot and it did mean there was more room to rock out.
That’ll do ya!
(Russ L was also there – we had good chats. I may write about the stuff we chatted about later. We’ll see.)
That long-haired kid was so happy.