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My god - one of the best gigs I’ve been to in many many years. His songs are majestic. The lyrics move me to tears embarrassingly frequently. Wonderful night taking my son to his first arena gig -  not a bad one to start with. 

Good to hear. He’s an absolute treasure 

That’s great to hear. I’m taking my son tomorrow 

I’ve done Seventeen Going Under at a gig before now. Not easy to pull off without going into a faux Geordie accent and sounding like you’re taking the mick, but my goodness what a powerful lyric from such a young chap!

”I was far too scared to hit him, but I would hit him in a heartbeat now” is far from the most poignant lyric in the song but for some reason always hits me in the feels. He sounds like he really means this stuff he’s singing about.

As soon as Spit of You starts I’m in bits and by the time it gets to ‘and one day that’ll be your forehead I’m kissing, and I’ll still look exactly like you’  I can’t see through the tears. 

Totally echo what @mattdavis says. Truly amazing show. And one of the first points of musical crossover in taste between my son and I. He went to Boardmasters and came back with Covid and a love of indie music. 

RocknRollDave said:

I’ve done Seventeen Going Under at a gig before now. Not easy to pull off without going into a faux Geordie accent and sounding like you’re taking the mick, but my goodness what a powerful lyric from such a young chap!

”I was far too scared to hit him, but I would hit him in a heartbeat now” is far from the most poignant lyric in the song but for some reason always hits me in the feels. He sounds like he really means this stuff he’s singing about.

We cover this with one of my bands. It’s a brilliant lyric and gets an amazing reaction from every crowd we’ve played it to. Genius song.

drofluf said:

Totally echo what @mattdavis says. Truly amazing show. And one of the first points of musical crossover in taste between my son and I. He went to Boardmasters and came back with Covid and a love of indie music. 

That’s awesome. Nice to bridge the musical gap :-)

Bloody unlucky for the lad... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg9444enpro

Oh shit, that sucks :( 

Not a fan nor do I know much if any of his stuff to be honest. I know who he is obviously, and heard one of his new songs t'other day and thought "that sounds like he was influenced by The War on Drugs", unaware that yer man in TWOD produced his new album, so that adds up.

Saw that - felt sorry for him and the fans who will miss out.

I can't really say I am a big fan of the war on drugs (any of them) or Fender's style of music - but I heard him talk about the bereavement behind his current song People Watching - then I read the lyrics and was struck by his sincerity, empathy and way with stringing words together to convey experience - even if, like me, it isn't really your cup of tea, I think he's clearly a serious talent


 

He's a Geordie that plays Jazzmasters…what's there to like? 

Nah, seriously he's a cracking lad with some great tunes and passionate songs.