The First and Lacey

The First and Lacey

Rock City, Nottingham

October 12th, 2013

I know I have reviewed shows by Lacey on previous blog posts, but after seeing them again tonight, I cannot resist another review.  Tonight I have travelled to Rock City in Nottingham (a good two and a half hour journey from my home) so that I can see them for the 9th time this year.

Since my last review Lacey have officially released their EP 'Outlaws', which came out on the 13th September, and has received some fantastic reviews. (EP available here: http://laceyofficialuk.bigcartel.com/products)

Unfortunately, tonight's set was only about 20 minutes long.  Kicking off with a new song, 'Reach Out', they showed the crowd gathered in the basement of Rock City why they are making such a name for themselves.

Tonight's set was made up of all four tracks from the EP (Hometown, Burning Out, Contender and Let It Go) and another new song, 'Reset To Zero', which I instantly fell in love with.  

Lacey had the crowd in the palm of their hands, and their easy to listen to rock and catchy choruses had the crowd singing along.

Looking around the large crowd that had gathered in the basement bar I saw a lot of smiling faces and also a couple of well known faces as I spotted both Jaret Reddick and Erik Chandler from Bowling for Soup who had come down to watch them following their own performance in the main hall. 

It's no wonder Gigwise have included Lacey in their who is going to be huge in 2014 article.       (http://www.gigwise.com/photos/84930/21/early-tips-for-2014-whos-going-to-be-huge-next-year )

Lacey never fail to impress and tonight's flawless performance can only have helped get them one step closer to where they want to be.

Also playing tonight are The First, a five piece rock band from Cambridgeshire, consisting of Benny, Tim, Rob, Adam and Ben.

Playing songs from their two albums 'Swimming With Sharks' and their new album 'Take Courage', which was released on the 23rd September, they played a very energetic show.

Including songs such as 'Kicks', 'Love.Regret.Forgive.Forever' and 'There's No Place Like Home', their songs had very catchy choruses and some great guitar lines.  These guys had great stage presence and you couldn't help but bob along with them.

Their new single 'William' is out now.  http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-first/william/UK2D51300125

The First are another band that I think we will be seeing a lot more in the future.  Check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/thefirstuk