The earth will shake

Back from another couple of days in Manchester and back to the shitness that is work!

Manchester may seem a long way to go to a gig but my god was it worth it! Thrice just blew me away from the moment they hit the stage. I couldn't fault them (apart from the didn't play The Whaler!) with Teppei not on this tour due to the death of his mother you could excuse them for being less than perfect, this was not the case. With only 3 days to learn the songs Nate (The Dear Hunter) stepped up to the plate magnificantly! It was refreshing to see Thrice play with such passion and energy, for a band thats been around for over 10 years its nice to see that playing music is still something that they love! The new songs sound great live and seem to fit in seamlessly with the old material and there was definately a few oldies thrown in for good measure with an excellent rendition of Deadbolt. Dustin came on solo for the encore asking the crowd to decide between Stare at the Sun and Come all you Weary. Come all you Weary won out and the whole band closed the set with Beggars.

We are the Ocean are on their way to big things this year with the release of their debut 'Cutting our Teeth' out January 25th (something I will be pre-ordering!, this being my 3rd time seeing them, they just get better and better. Lots of energy, lots of riffage and supurb vocals from Dan and Liam. Expect 2010 to be their year!