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| No Man's Land |
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| Sal Paradise |
A random Thursday night at Northampton Roadmender seems to be a strange time to have one's faith restored in youngsters making music, but stranger things have happened. Such as Panic! At The Disco ditching the trademark "!" in their name then bringing it back again. No Man's Land kick off with a set of blinding cover versions and intriguing original material. Which shows the band's already keen desire to leave off the covers on their set list and spread their original material wings to fly! The lead singer owns the stage, making their band name become literal for the duration of the set. The men know their place as they stand almost motionless just doing their job in providing an instrumental backdrop to the powerhouse vocals. Their singer definitely looks like she is enjoying herself and she wraps her voice around the words to "Sweet Child O Mine" and makes it her own. The whispered backing vocals from the rhythm guitarist add a nice touch too. The songs that stand out the most however, are their self-penned numbers that may be little in number, but they are big in soul and bluesy sass. Keep an eye on No Man's Land.
After being warmed up by the simple instrumental/super vocal shtick of No Man's Land, Sal Paradise swagger on stage and proceed to let rip with songs that only four passionate young men could play. Complete with the magic band components of looks, attitude and tunes with potential, Sal Paradise make it look easy. Their sound is a thrilling concoction of well played guitars, well played drums and well played bass that leaves you thinking "well played". The crowd go nuts for their sound, which seems like it was written to play live and on a stage. The upbeat tempos and beefy guitar chords seem to evoke primal feelings in the youngsters in the crowd. Sal Paradise manage to pull off punk anguish with suave style and tight musicianship. They are easy on the eye too. Hurray for the youth and the music they are making!
GIG HIGHLIGHT: The crowd surfers, those cheeky chappies!
BEST PERFORMED SONG OF THE NIGHT: "Take Me Home" By Sal Paradise
Want more from these bands? Visit:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sal-Paradise/300086747759
http://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Mans-Land/155849857790204
Written by Jack Parker for Power Chord Music Blog. Photography by Jack Parker. Super.
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