OKGO - so we did…
Paula and I went to the OKGO gig at the Electric Ballroom in Camden tonight courtesy of Xfm - I won the tickets on the Adam and Joe show last Saturday.
We missed the first band entirely having sat in the pub for too long, but arrived just after the Webb Brothers had started their set - and we are sooooo glad we didn't miss it because it was the highlight of the night by a long long way. I thought I had not heard of the Webb Brothers before but they played one song that I have certainly heard on Xfm. Their set was wild and varied with three of the guys singing in harmony - shades of the Beachboys but so very different. Several songs reminded me of early Floyd - and that’s a massive complement from me. Their slow songs were extraordinarily tight and built into crescendos that reminded me of the Muse. This is a band that have massive potential and could go a long long way. They have an album out on 22nd September preceding it with a single on the 8th. We will buy both.
And so on to OKGO. Big crowd that loved everything they did, but for us there was only one song that shone - Get Over It - and we did, quickly. Sadly we think they are a one song band, despite friends in the business who think they are 'well good'. Paula wanted to go home halfway through the set but I managed to persuade her to stay and if it wasn't for that we would have missed Get Over It which was the highlight. It got better but we didn't stay for the encores.
The highlight of the evening: several songs by the Webb Brothers though which one to choose I couldn't say…!!!
Apologies to OKGO for not becoming fans!
The next gig we are going to is The Darkness at Folkstone Leas Cliff Hall in October - with the Webb Brothers supporting. Very very exited about that!
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