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Review: Honeyblood at The Fleece
Bristol should count itself lucky. Amongst their hectic summer schedule of festival dates, Glasgow’s Honeyblood chose the Fleece as the setting for their one venue show of their summer.
The duo are still touring their debut, self-titled album from 2014, and its potency showed no signs of waning, even on its second year of gigs. Honeyblood now look completely settled in their new line-up, with Cat Myers having joined the band on drums almost a year ago, and the performance as a result was smoother and more confident than their last appearance in the city at Dot to Dot in May.
The band seemed genuinely shocked at the significant turnout for the gig, commenting that they had no idea if anyone still cared enough to come to a headline show of theirs, when all they have done for so long is festivals. They shouldn’t have worried though; their debut album is still one of the most striking, solid guitar albums of the past two years, and its highlights were rolled through with impeccable ease and style. ‘All Dragged Up’ made it actually feel like a Friday night for the first time, and ‘Killer Bangs’ provided the band’s trademark crunch.
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There’s been no word on any potential release date for new Honeyblood material, but the continued tour for their debut album is still going strong, and the songs didn’t appear tired.
The most interesting revelations of the evening, though, came from the two new songs the band performed. ‘Love Is A Disease’ is a creeping grunge number, and ‘Babes Never Die’ takes their pop credentials up several notches. It’s these inclusions in the set that made the gig feel like a step up for Honeyblood, and further previewed a new album that will surely take them higher.
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