Disarm at The Ringside - Wednesday 22nd May By Dick Spring.

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Reading the Day-Glo listing flyer with the line up for June, it seems as though there is some seriously good shit happening here, but there was an enforced change to tonights bill, in the form of Disarm from Mexborough in South Yorkshire. Describing themselves as Post Hardcore, for which I generally read Screamo, a genre that is currently extremely fashionable in Hull (as it is nationally), yet we have no bands playing this music.

On tonight's showing, I'm certain as night follows day that the Fashion Brigade would not only love this band, but embrace them wholeheartedly as their own. There was an interesting, if somewhat generic mixture of influences in there, with some excellent guitar melodies going on, yet with a certain punkness, that had me thinking of Amen at times.

There was the obligatory Thursday / Funeral For a Friend styled hardcore screaming vocal breakdown in the middle, which I'm sure would have had many of the middle room (in Pozition) brigade queuing up to buy a CD. Though I may seem to be a bit Harsh (coincidentally the name of next weeks band), I must admit to finding the execution of their music spot on and I would like to see them play to an audience that could pick up on them.

So maybe if they make their way to Hull again then they will have that audience. As a mark out of ten I would give them a 7.

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