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| Howler Give Up. |
Howler an all American five piece, turned up in Brighton with enough arrogance to suggest their music would melt faces and leave us all gagging for more. In reality, their arrogance outlined just how "average" this five piece are.
The night started when Howler frontman Jordan Gatesmith stumbled, JD bottle in hand, into a room packed with mardy faced Brighton posers, who dared to cunger a shape throughout the evening. But, who could blame them? After all, its Howler we're watching, hardly The Strokes like some reviewers would have you believe. *Cough* NME *Cough*.
Howler ripped through their set, playing songs off their debut album (America Give UP) such as "I Told You Once" and "Back of Your Neck". I have to admit, "I Told You Once" had me moving, but apart from that, I couldn't help but think the whole thing was just a bit "average". Almost something you'd expect to see down your local venue on a battle of the bands evening. There was just no hook, nothing that stood out and grabbed me, even their image is poor.
But there was one highlight to this otherwise dreary occasion. This was the moment when a crowd goer stopped Jordan Gatesmith as he stumbled out of the room post gig, to tell him just how "average" he thought their performance was. This, for me, summed up the night completely.
Average.
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