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WALK THE MOON / COLONY HOUSE - BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2, 26.02.16
A pleasant day despite the crisp winter weather in Brighton; a relaxed on the small stage. The stage’s lighting fits perfectly with ‘Different Colors’;
atmosphere outside the venue. An almost picturesque place with an art a rainbow of passion floats around, there is something special about this
deco flair on the sea front. The Concorde 2 is sold out tonight at 600 ca- song. It is the perfect encouragement, confidence giver and excels in
pacity and a cramped gig it is; the entire place is bursting at the seams everything Walk The Moon want to show you. This is followed closely be-
with colour and personalities. Colony House hit the stage with their young hind by ‘I Can Lift A Car’, that sees 600 people with their hands in the air,
and bright indie pop-rock sound, welcoming a variety of faces of different motioning that they can lift a car. Which sounds and looks absolutely
musical tastes. A good all-rounder makes for a brilliant opener. They aim ridiculous but nevertheless everybody joins in the fun! A sense of a crowd
to set the bar high and ramp up the atmosphere, being the only support united bounces off the walls in the Concorde 2 continuously for almost an
act of the night and playing to a crowd that are mainly new to their music. hour straight. With what seems to be the last song on the set list, ‘Shut
‘Silhouettes’ is a distinctly poppy track, more so than the rest of the songs Up and Dance’ gets a roar of enthusiasm, and you can’t help but boogie
they play, but that doesn't make Colony House any less authentic; the along.
essence of belief in their music is enough to have you going back for more The lights fade and the band disappear backstage, but there is no
again and again. Since this was their first UK tour, we would certainly circle way the audience would let Walk The Moon go away without an encore.
Colony House as ones to watch in the future. The stamps and chants are deafening; the floor rumbles like an earth-
Walk The Moon are eagerly awaited, the crowd stamp, bang and clap quake, eventually giving way to ‘Anna Sun’’s irresistible catchy tune. Walk
as they chant for the band to arrive on stage in an already heated room The Moon admit they are slightly blown away by the reaction of the crowd.
from the moment Colony House go off stage. Finally, after a long set-up It’s clear they set out to spread a message of peace in the music, and it’s
swap over, Walk The Moon arrive to show us what they are made of. The evident they did that tonight.
set boasts songs that impress, such as ‘Next In Line’ and ‘Up 2 U’, as well YYYYY
as a wide variety of older and new tracks from the quartet, who know how Annina Cremona
to wow the crowd. All of this despite having frontman Nick Petricca limited
in his movements behind a keyboard stand and several other obstacles Nick Petricca (Walk The Moon) Photo By Annina Cremona

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