This ‘All Should Eat’ gig at the Crescent was organised to raise money for a fabulous Yorkshire charity, SASH. The organisation is a youth homelessness charity that works across North Yorkshire. They help young people aged 16-25 who are facing homelessness. It is a charity that I love and respect hugely, they do such great work. So when this gig was announced I purchased a ticket right away. Yes I know that I get into many gigs for free, but I always pay my way when it is for charity! If you wish to find out more about SASH or wish to donate to them click here.
The night featured five bands, one of which I had never seen before. First up it was the Expression who have featured on these pages a few times before. They gave us a delightful set of 21st century prog with some vibey dark jazz undertones. The guitarist was not only a great player he was also an absolute genius in creating sounds using his effects pedals. A big shout out to the drummer too, he was ace.
They were followed by the Blair Bitch Project. This would be one of their last gigs under that name, the Blair Witch Project film franchise company contacted them and requested that they stop using the name. They will now be known as Bitchcraft, which to be fair is yet another great band name. This band are at the vanguard of hard rocking all female bands. Their songs are truly original. Especially “Banshee” and “My Cat”. The latter saw some crowd surfing from the band’s toy cat. They are a part of the line up of the first Love Music Hate Racism gig on 27th February. They rocked the absolute fuck out of the Crescent!
Ghostship were next and they seem to evoke the history of classic British rock with some fine very UK rock vibes. There were shades of Pink Floyd and the more mellow songs of the Faces that featured Ronnie Lane on vocals rather than Rod Stewart. Their harmonies were sublime and reminded me of Lindisfarne in their prime. If Ian McNabb had worked with Pink Floyd it might have sounded like Ghostship. They closed their set with a powerful and simply awesome cover of the Beatles classic “Dear Prudence”.
Finally it was time for the Disappearer to take the stage. This was th only one of the four bands that I had not seen before this gig. They are purveyors of fine melodic rock with a smattering of bluesy jazz. They have a great mellow shoegaze style in some songs. Their closing song was introduced as something of an experiment. Now that was a brave move, while it was generally good it sometimes felt a little ‘try hard’. I think it might work better in a studio. But didn’t take much away from what was overall a stunning set. So a great night for a great cause, what more does a philanthropic music fan need?
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