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Two Welsh bands, James And The Cold Steel Mill is suitably packed by 9.15pm when cues a few high jumps from CJ and Ginger,
Gun and Those Damn Crows, helped warm the Ginger, CJ, Danny and Ritch, collectively much to the delight of photographers. The fa-
crowd up – the latter who we’ve featured in known as The WIldhearts, take to the stage. miliar ‘Sick Of Drugs’ further enhances the set
Black Velvet. Those Damn Crows really are an Not quite sardine-tin packed, but a-decent-dis- before the band showcase one of the new ‘21st
impressive outfit, and sure to become super- tance-away-to-not-catch-germs-but-not-too-far Century Love Songs’ album tracks – ‘Remem-
stars if there’s any justice in the world. They type packed. Choosing to open with ‘Diagno- ber These Days’, which then morphs into a
have a sound and stage presence worthy of sis’ from their ‘Renaissance Men’ album is spot mash of older Wildhearts tunes such as ‘If Life
selling out large venues in their own right. Their on – the opening riffs of the song gives us chills Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft’ and
songs are packed with impassioned feeling, as the first Wildhearts tune we get to hear live ‘Splattermania’, which is a great way to include
monumental melodies and a sound so whole- after a year and a half. It’s such an honest and a number of songs and keep fans happy with
somely fulfilling that when their set has ended important song and the crowd are immediately little snippets, since the band have so many
you feel like you’ve been fed a 12-course meal. singing along in unison as if their lives depend fantastic songs that it’s hard to fit them all into
The large warehouse-style venue of KK’s on it. Well-known hit ‘Vanilla Radio’ follows and a set.

The set includes a variety of the band’s
songs, such as the animated favourite ‘Caf-
feine Bomb’ and the chanty anthem ‘Let ‘Em
Go’. Ginger asks if the new album is better
than ‘Renaissance Men’ before playing a track
from each to compare. ‘Splitter’ (about losing
friends) appears to initially have a harsher tone
to it when compared to ‘Dislocated’, but in-
cludes some slide guitar later on in the song,
with Ginger commenting at the end that it’s fun
to play live.
All too soon, a three-song encore kicks off
with ‘Inglorious’ before wrapping things up with
‘Suckerpunch’ and ‘I Wanna Go Where The
People Go’, two of our favourite Wildhearts
tunes and ones that get the whole crowd mov-
ing, singing and dancing along. Tonight is a
night to remember – for bringing us back to
where we belong – in a venue enjoying live
music once again by one of Britain’s best
bands.
YYYYY
Shari Black Velvet

Wildhearts & Those Damn Crows Photos By
Shari Black Velvet

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