Tuesday 13th February 07 - The Long Blondes and The Lodger At Club NME at The Welly By Becky Martin Photographs by Kate Langan www.katelanganphotography.co.uk

The warm up band for The Long Blondes do exactly that tonight as Ben, Joe and Katie of The Lodger hit us with their own brand of gentle indie. Featuring Lets Make A Pact, Simply Left Behind and Kicking Sand energetic guitars and expert drumming results in spreading happy feelings throughout the packed dance floor. Following in the giant footsteps of The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane and The Kooks these guys are carving their own way through an already booming musical market, and are doing a great job at it. Easy on the ears (and eyes) they whip the crowd into an excited frenzy, eyes and ears, straining for the first few glimpses of the eagerly awaited Long Blondes.

After The Lodger leave, the crowd begin to get restless after a long sound check and people ask Who is that guy pratting about with the mike and miming stuff? Who is he? Get off the stage! Finally! Even just announcing The Long Blondes gets a huge scream from the audience and everyone's hot and sweaty before they even come on and its only gonna get hotter as Kate kicks off their set with a huge blast off energetic rock indie, twirly dancing, complete with ass shaking vogue poses! The cameras are out and the crowd are rowdy as hell trying to get closer to the stage and a giant whirlpool of people jumping up and down erupts in the middle of the dance floor.

Complete with stripy tops, neck ties and a drummer with an afro, The Long Blondes shake the place down with the sheer force of jumping and these guys are just what we were waiting for!

A catchy heavy bass with strong vocals, they're like an injection of pure indie, Kate is amazing, and the crowd have to be forced back from the stage by a not-so-impressed bouncer who just doesn't appreciate our mass enthusiasm.

The whole crowd start clapping along as the guitar guy Dorian takes to playing on top of the drums in true rock star fashion, and it's getting hotter and hotter by the second. Everyone feels the heat but the whirlwind of dancing continues and even after resisting the urge to faint, we carry on partying!

Kate asks if the guy that tried to pull her off stage last time they played here at the Welly is here and sure enough, a hand goes flying up and big smiles all around as he's chuffed as hell, yes he should be proud... for that is what Hull guys do!

A great night to be a part of, they exit the stage with huge screams and wolf whistles of approval and we slowly all return back to Earth, turn around for a mass exodus to try and escape the heat, the whole crowd try to leave together through a single door, everyone exhausted but euphorically high. These guys are huge and deserve to be so. Fantastic. www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds www.myspace.com/thelongblondes Photographs courtesy and Copyright ©  Kate Langan 2007

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