Make Noize Review

It is not often that top unsigned bands gather at one place and actually live up to the description- ‘top’.
However, on Sunday night a trip to Sheffield Hallam students union proved to be an enjoyable way to round off a weekend and some of the bands easily fit the description.
A crowd of around two hundred enjoyed seeing some of the local talent hoping to go onto bigger and better things.
The Talk, Cabfire and Modern Eulogy were the stand out acts. Both The Talk and Cabfire were bands that were unique in sound and entertaining to listen to. Despite having never seen either band I was quickly transfixed on both the on stage performance and lyrics and thoroughly enjoyed both bands. Louis Fox of The Talk was great in dominating the stage and keeping the crowd going. Cabfire were easy to listen to and seemed to have many different sounds to their music.
Modern Eulogy was an intriguing ‘band’. Basically it was Matt Williams doing vocals, playing guitar and occasionally using the harmonica. Williams played some fascinating tracks such as ‘Farmyard Graveyard’ which had meaningful lyrics and a catchy tune. Seeing one man perform so confidently was something to be admired and certainly would be someone I would go and see again.
Kiss Track Comeback were different. Annoyingly it seemed the front man was trying to imitate someone else by putting on an American accent throughout despite being a local band. This seemed to be a hindrance as people were unfortunately commenting on this rather than the music itself. The Silver was a band that lacked a unique sound and their style of shouting down the microphone made it difficult to tell what they were saying but certainly got the crowd jumping.
Make Noize provided a place for bands to raise interest in themselves and give people names to look out for in the future. Although not all to my taste others may have felt otherwise, which is all part of events like these. Any further event similar is definitely worth seeing, even if just for the experience of what not to know and the prospect of surprise.
Gavin Patterson