Star rating - 5/10
This
was one of those crazy nights where I took a chance on a gig by an artist I knew little
about. Sometime it pays off big time, sometimes it doesn't - but it's always
interesting. This was not disastrous - not fantastic - but definitely interesting.
Brian
Christinzio aka BC Camplight hails from Philadelphia but has fallen in love
with the greatest city in the world (sensible guy) and now made Manchester his
home. He released two critically acclaimed chilled CDs in 2005 and 2007, which
to be honest remind me lots of Badly Drawn Boy in style. Then he apparently had a breakdown of sorts
and didn't make music for a while. Now he's back with a vengeance, and with a
new band who are clearly having a ball together.
To be
honest their big sound felt a little too big at times for the small back room
at The Castle. The drummer (nice Michael Jackson circa Ben T-shirt!) was just awesome
but the drum sound crashed through everything else - which was a shame.
BC did
a lovely solo number called Atom Bomb which
was slow and melancholic like his
earlier stuff. They only performed about six songs so it's hard to tell what
his new music will be like. But the crowd adored him, and pogoed like it was
1977 to the rockier numbers.
He threw
sweets to the crowd at the end, but personally I would have preferred more
music, and possibly a larger room next time. But this is definitely one
interesting guy.
Great stuff !
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