Dinosaur Pile-Up's Key Club Party
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The Key Club is packed a while before Dinosaur Pile-Up are scheduled to come on stage for this, their homecoming show. Even before they take to the stage, this seems like the ideal venue for the post-grunge outfit: a dark basement with a smallish stage and a low-ish ceiling, a real garage rock venue.
The opening of Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar…’ unexpectedly, as the trio walk onto the stage to a surprisingly recent intro song-though an appropriate nod to the band’s own influences: influences that all too obvious as the band tear into opener ‘Red and Purple’. Crowd movement is almost immediate, and as the song finishes chants of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire” fill the Key Club. Although there’s a GoPro recording the show (presumably for a future video), another camera’s retrieved to film a repeat of the chant, after lead singer Matt Bigland assures the crowd that they have usurped Manchester’s title of best audience of the tour.
Derail is a moment of respite from the barrage of sound, a quiet, melancholy solo from Matt. It’s unexpected but a quality moment in the show, allowing the audience to catch their breath while demonstrating that the band aren’t just all about the wall of noise.
It’s a fairly short break though, and almost as soon as the song has started, it’s given way to Arizona Waiting. Many of the pits seem to be started by the younger members of the crowd, the sort of age where it could easily be their first gig-they peter out on occasion, but that doesn’t stop the crowd at large, eternally keen to show their support for this homegrown barrage of noise.
The singalong to second album's title single 'Nature Nuture' rings out for what seems like an age after the band leave the stage before their encore. They return without fuss, before launching into a ferocious 3-song encore, rounding off with latest album's title track '11:11'.
It’s a fairly even spread across their three studio albums for the setlist tonight, though by the crowd singalongs and consistency in performance, you could be forgiven for thinking it was one album. Tight, consistent, and generating such an enthusiastic response, it’s hard to see Dinosaur Pile-Up’s momentum diminishing any time soon.
COMMENTS
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Well worth the trip up to Leeds!
