Gig Review... Futures @ Arts Centre, Norwich, 7th July 2012

This was the third night of the Futures ‘Karma tour’ which was meant to take place earlier this year in April but after being dropped from their label, the band had to postpone the tour to July this year, and it was definitely worth the wait as they pulled of the show with execution and style.

After a long wait, whilst the tiring audience went out to catch some air, the band came on and started with ‘Start a Fire’, arguably the bands largest song, which was able to get the crowd (of which many were still entering the room from their break) in good spirit. They then performed ‘Get Out’, another popular song with what seemed like a small audience for a sold out gig. The next song ‘Island in the Sea’ was a real crowd pleaser, as many a head bobbed, the intimate audience created a good atmosphere. However, supposedly displeased with the audience enjoyment thus far, Futures lead singer Ant West got them heavily involved in the next song ‘Say My Name’, getting them to sing along to the chorus, which really put the crowd in good spirit. The show continued with songs such as ‘Indigo’ and ‘Aeroplanes’, off their latest album ‘The Karma Album’ which was released in May this year. They then played ‘Karma Satellite’, another easy sing-along song, which the crowd really enjoyed, singing and shuffling in time to the song. They then played ‘Today We Had Love’, and ‘Million Lights’, both well received by the audience, who all seemed to know the lyrics to most of the songs.



The 4 piece band from Buckinghamshire then went on to play 2 of their older songs; ‘Thank You’ and ‘Swim Teams’, which the more long-standing fans really enjoyed, whilst the more new-found fans jiggled accordingly to more unheard of material. They added an interesting twist to the end of ‘Swim Teams’, rounding it off with the chorus of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’, which some members of the audience were also familiar enough with to sing along, although there were some puzzled faces. The band then went on to play ‘Sal Paradise’, another song from their older mini album ‘The Holiday’, which even the more amateur fans knew all too well, as the whole crowd sang loudly to the delight of the band who seemed to really be enjoying themselves. The band finished off their set without performing an encore, despite “ONE MORE SONG” chants from the small audience after they played their final song ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’, which was a great way to end a very pleasing set, as the audience used the last of their fading voices to sing along to the shouty chorus, and the band went off to a great reception to the crowd, who seemed to really enjoy the show, despite numerous members of the audience having left after Don Broco performed.

Overall it was a very good gig, with a great energetic atmosphere and cheerful audience. The highly anticipated bands had definitely lived up to expectations, especially the second act; Don Broco; who almost seemed to out-do Futures, and it would have seemed that many members of the audience were there primarily to see them.

Written by - Henry Leather & Edward Chalu



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