Donal

Sylvia Saint at Cyprus Avenue

We went to see Sylvia Saint at Cyprus Ave on Fri (cheers for the ticket John) along with Arm The Elderly, Skylight and another band who aren’t named on the February listing of Cork Gigs so I don’t know who they are.

The place was jointed and even though the support acts had to endure the usual I’m-not-jumping-around-until-the-main-act syndrome of the crowd, Arm the Elderly got them going and the place was hopping by the time Sylvia Saint got on stage. As with the last time I saw them, the music was deafening. I saw one fella at the bar put ear-plugs in before he went back up to the main area, not a bad idea!  I’m looking forward to hearing the new recording from Sylvia Saint, not sure when that will be available as they are just about to start recording I think.
I’m not too sure who the first band were, they’re a local band from Cork but they were fairly decent, once you got over the anger element. Their front man was just manic but it worked.

Arm The Elderly were really cool, I’d definitely go see them again. I couldn’t find a site for them but there was a comment left on Cork Gigs a while back saying that they are made up of former members of Anonymous Groove & The Method. Watch out for them in the future.

All in all a good night. Four bands in one night is a bit much sometimes but all four bands had their own style. A little bit different from my night out in Cyprus Avenue earlier in the week !

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