LAKE Komo performed at Soup Kitchen, Manchester last night to a packed audience, supported by Demons of Ruby Mae and Natalie McCool. Quays News entertainment reporter Dan Willis went along…
The night of music began at 7:45pm when Demons of Ruby Mae played to a sparsely packed audience. I found these to be the best performance of the night, with a combination of vocals, guitar and vocals, these two managed to work up a storm with the six tracks they played during their set.
They opened the night with ‘Summer Night’ a strong track with great vocals. As the band got into their set they performed ‘This Is The End’ which was by far their best track – vocals came from both the lead singer and his fellow frontman, in what was a very emotive, committed performance which really deserved more people watching it.
Demons of Ruby Mae finished their set with ‘Volcanic Mouth’ – a hit from their 2015 album ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’. A quite perfect song to finish a brilliant set. Demons of Ruby Mae are a band with strong vocals, and without a doubt a bright future in the music industry.
Up next was Natalie Mccool, who’s own individual take on her music was brilliant, opening her set with ‘Pins’ and ‘Get It Out’ two tracks which have both received a lot of recognition via social media, and continue to grow along with Mccool’s name.
Natalie’s set could of lasted a bit longer, as she had an incredible voice and must have had many more tracks which she could have played – however she finished her set with ‘Fortress’ a song which she has just recently released to Spotify, and is set to be Natalie’s first single.
This led on to the main event of the evening in Lake Komo – and even though it was a good performance, for a main act I definitely expected more.
Early in to their set they performed ‘Tides’ a hit which is recognisably well known on YouTube, currently harnessing over 6k views. ‘Tides‘ and ‘Resurrect‘ were the best performances of the set for Lake Komo, both hits are very popular with Lake Komo fans and received a standing ovation at the end of each song.
‘Thinktank’ was also a very strong performance, and really got the audience into the set as it rolled on throughout the 45-minute set.
There’s no doubt that Lake Komo will grow as a band and perform better gigs, however the setlist chosen tonight along with the choice of venue I believe really undersold how well the band can perform – they’re obviously talented, but performing at Soup Kitchen, and performing an average set did not work for them.
By Dan Willis
@DanJWillis_
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