Truth be told Millencolin had a HUGE mountain to climb after last night's Faderhead show, the odds were stacked against them and they failed to turn it around. Which is not to say that they were rubbish, because they weren't. The venue was pretty good (02 Ritz, Manchester), with a very high stage (excellent) and a slightly bizarre sprung floor, I would be quite happy to go there again, pretty easy to locate too, being just up the street from Sound Control.
Having neither the onstage banter of NOFX, or the songs and charisma of Bad Religion, Millencolin came over a little bit weak. They do have some good songs of course, but a lot of them just didn't quite sound 100% in the live situation. Templeton Pek were similarly slightly anodyne, although to be fair we only caught the last song of their set. I was slightly disappointed Millencolin didn't play 'Shut You Out' too, which is for me their best song. Idiots.
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