Lacey

Lacey

July 12th, 2013

Manchester Academy 3

Tonight's show consisted of 5 bands but I was only interested in one and that was Lacey.  Recently Lacey came second in the annual Rock the House competition and are doing everything they can to make their dreams a reality. 

Having seen Lacey four times already this year, as soon as I heard that they were in town I knew I had to go, so this review will probably be quite short as I am only reviewing their set rather than the entire show.

Unfortunately, Lacey only had a twenty five minute slot for their performance so they were unable to play the whole of their repertoire but what they crammed into that twenty five minutes made up for the shortness.

Lacey hit the stage to 'Hometown', the first song from their latest EP Outlaws.  Hometown is an upbeat song and is a great show starter as it really gets the crowd moving and involved. 

The Lacey cover version of Ellie Goulding's 'Anything Can Happen' always goes down well at their shows.  The synthesized melody from the original is replaced by an amazing guitar line and teamed with Graham's voice  turns a run of the mill pop song into an amazing rock song.  I just hope that they record their version of the song for release at some point as I personally feel that it is better than the original.

It's a shame that Lacey have not had too much radio exposure as yet as the song 'Burning Out' has all the opportunity for the audience to participate and really be a part of the song, with the repeated mantra of 'We all fall down, we all do nothing', which given the right crowd could lift the roof off a venue!

The Third song from the 'Outlaws' EP is 'Contender' and although it offers a slower pace it doesn't lose the enthusiasm that they put into every song.  An honest and passionate song that it is obviously sung from the heart.  This is one to check out on YouTube.  Once you hear this song you will be hooked. (Check out their YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqB3xu65NzdZMcwuXbVaaWA )

Lacey Finished with 'Let it Go', a song that got them through to the final fifteen of the Red Bull Studios Competition to win a place a Download 2013.  Unfortunately they didn't make it to Download but  getting to the final fifteen from hundreds of applicants is something they should be proud of.    

Their high energy, enthusiasm and three part harmonies mean that you will end up singing these songs for days.

Some of their previous shows have had minor technical issues that I have overlooked in my reviews as they have not been the fault of the band but tonight's performance was flawless!  The world needs more Lacey and I need them to tour again soon as I already have withdrawals.

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