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Sons and Daughters / Idlewild
Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Arriving onstage with a darkened air and a sense of gloom about them
Sons and Daughters surprise most of the sceptics in the audience. With
the stupendous ‘Johnny Cash’ and the astonishing ‘Fight’ being
played within three songs of each other, it has singer Adele Bethel dancing
confidently around the stage as she teases Scott Paterson and seemingly
ignores her other bandmates. New songs ‘Dance Me In’ and ‘Medicine’ have
the dark riffs and the rough vocals we have come to expect from this
electrifying band.
Idlewild’s set is phenomenal with most of their new album and a
lot of their back catalogue being played. There’s enough room in
the set for the sublime ‘Roseabilty’, ‘You Held The
World…’ and the lush ‘Welcome Home’.
Throughout the gig Roddy is wearing his customary scent of friendly arrogance
and he’s all the better for it. He’s no longer the foppish
indie-boy that jumped across the stage as though he was auditioning for
a bit-part in Flashdance. No, these days are behind him. Mr. Woomble
has grown-up and he’s the frontman he’s always hinted at
being. He even stands to the side to the side of the stage while the
rest of the band play ‘American English’ (which is met with
an almost stunned silence for its entirety). As the gig threatens to
end Sons and Daughters and Foxface (tonight’s first act) come onstage
to finish the gig in with a cover of The Ramones and brings the night
to a stunning finale. (Seonaid Masson)
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