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LIVE REVIEW: The Futureheads, Northumbria University, Newcastle, Friday 13 December 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Barry Hyde of The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As post-election pick-me-ups go, this was probably as good as it gets: a local band recently returned from a long break firing on all cylinders in front of a (nearly) hometown crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, what better way to spend Friday the 13th<\/sup>,\nas the nation came to terms with a landslide Tory victory at the previous day\u2019s\ngeneral election, than with The Futureheads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sunderland indie\/post-punk band had nailed\ntheir colours firmly to the socialist mast in the run-up to #GE2019, and were\ndespondent at Boris Johnson\u2019s runaway victory. But what better way to take out\nyour frustrations than by smashing out a night of adrenalized guitar music, in\nfront of an adoring crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roxy Girls, a Sunderland four-piece described by no\nless a sage as Radio 6 Music\u2019s Tom Robinson as \u201cawkward, angular, angry and inventive\u201d, opened the show, and\nyou could see why they were chosen, as The Futureheads are obviously a huge\ninfluence on their sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roxy Girls opened for The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Next up were Indoor Pets,\na Kent band who added their condolences to those still smarting from the\nelection result, and said they were pleased to be in another part of the\ncountry which stayed red. Their guitar-driven \u2018dirty pop\u2019 slipped down a treat,\nand paved the way nicely for the main course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indoor Pets were main support for The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Futureheads formed in 2000,\nwhen Barry Hyde (guitar and vocals), Ross Millard (guitar and vocals), David\n\u2018Jaff\u2019 Craig (bass and vocals) met at Sunderland College.  Barry\u2019s brother Dave joined later on drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their jagged guitar-based\nindie rock, influenced by the likes of Gang Of Four, XTC and Wire, quickly\ngained a local following, and after a handful of well-received EPs and singles,\nthey released their self-titled debut album in July 2004. It was well-enough\nreceived, but it was the release as a single of the only non-original track,\ntheir take on Kate Bush\u2019s Hounds Of Love, which give them lift off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album achieved gold status, and they released four more before taking a break in 2013 to pursue other interests. To their fans\u2019 delight they reconvened this year and released a new album, Powers (reviewed here<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barry Hyde of The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But tonight was all about\ncelebrating the past, with the show billed as part of a short tour called \u201915\nYears of The Futureheads\u2019, as that\u2019s how long had elapsed since their first and\nbest-loved album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They never bettered its No 11 UK chart position, and tonight promised to play it in full, from start to finish, so it\u2019s an understatement to say anticipation was high by the time they took the stage amid a blinding lightshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kubix Festival announces The Futureheads as headliners with Ash and Dreadzone also added to the line-up<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frenetic opener Le Garage\nwas here and gone in less than two minutes, followed by fan favourites Robot\nand A To B, and it was clear the boys were pouring their frustration at events in\nWestminster into their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decent Days And Nights, four songs in, was greeted like the indie club classic that it is, and Meantime and Alms lifted the fever pitch even higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ross Millard of The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One song \u2013 I forget which\n\u2013 saw a fan shout \u2018again!\u2019, which prompted the bemused response from the stage:\n\u201cThat\u2019s not how it works \u2013 who does that? If this the first gig you\u2019ve ever been\nto?\u201d But it was all good natured, and we ploughed on, with First Day and Stupid\nAnd Shallow standing out from the pack, to the song everyone was waiting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd needed little\nencouragement to help out with \u2018uh, oh oh, uh, oh oh\u2019 parts of Hounds Of Love,\nthe \u2018Heads most successful single; this was what they had come to hear above\nall else, and it produced the biggest singalong of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick Man Ray later and\nthe boys took their bow, returning in due haste for an encore, though they\nexplained they might have to change things about a bit, as Barry was losing his\nvoice through laryngitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David ‘Jaff’ Craig of The Futureheads at Northumbria University. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s one of the band\u2019s\nstrengths that they don\u2019t rely on one singer, instead sharing vocal duties, and\nthey sped towards the finishing line with a five-song salvo including non-album\nsingle Christmas Was Better In The 80s and Good Night Out from latest album\nPowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They ended the 75-minute\nshow with The Beginning Of The Twist and were gone, promising we\u2019d see them\nagain, though gigs these days have to be arranged around Jaff\u2019s day job as a\nteacher. Perhaps he could persuade his school that exultant nights like this should\nbe added to the curriculum\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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