As foretold yesterday, I went to Leeds to see Snow Patrol last night. It was at a venue I'd not been to before - The Blank Canvas. To get to it you pass through many tunnels and bridges over smelly streams - feels quite subterranean, and the feeling of nearby trolls was strong. The venue itself is inside a load of old railway arches and although technically "inside" it feels quite exposed. But it does get very warm later on due to the amount of people packed in there. Lots of people. Some of them very strange looking. I'm sure students are getting scruffier by the month. With dafter hair. Back in my day all students constantly wore smart suits, had neatly clipped hair, and certainly had no piercings. Youth of today? Pah.
Music quality inside was not bad, but the bar wasn't great - overpriced bottled beer only (though consequently service was quite quick). At 6'2" I could see the stage fine, but as usual there were lots of shorter people (ie mostly girls) who really have no chance of seeing anything except tall people (ie mostly boys) like me. Which is potentially not what they've paid their money for. But really, they've brought it on themselves. The way I see it, if they wanted to watch live bands they should have swam away from that second X chromosone during conception. It displays a distinct lack of foresight and planning.
So onto the music. Snow Patrol still great. Good to see a few older songs in the set too (esp. "One night is not enough"), as they seem to have moved on from solely promoting the last album. The band started off doing that thing where they sulk a bit because various technical things aren't working properly - I couldn't tell anything was wrong, but maybe either things sound different on stage, or I just can't spot the things that aren't there. Sounded fine to me. And as a special Brucie Bonus, they finished at a time such that we could get the train home without having to rush, run or miss it.
At The Blank Canvas last night were at least: 2 actuaries and 1 actuarial trainee. Which gives an AR(SE) factor of 2.5, comfortably mid table and failing to beat their previous score of 3.5. Here's the table:
3.5: Easyworld / Snow Patrol 1
2.5 Four Day Hombre / Snow Patrol 2
2.0: Delays / Athlete
Next up Graham Coxon at Fibbers on Friday.
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