Average set from Surrey boys
Exit Ten are the sort of band that you can tell are British but trying to be American in the vein of Colin Doran. By the time they come on, the venue is three quarters full with a crowd that are most definitely not receptive, this however doesn't faze them from launching into a new one straight off. In fact, it could be seen as arrogance or confidence that the majority of the songs are from the yet-to-be-released album.
The thing with these guys is that their songs largely sound the same, or rather, the ideas behind them are the same. Songs like 'Resume, Ignore' which is chunky rock with touches of metal and damn it's complicated. This most definitely wouldn't be filed in easy listening with its edgy nervousness, much like the singer Ryan Redman, who doesn't seem to know what to do with himself. At least the rest of the band give it all.
Two new ones follow and indeed they're in the same vein as of old, but by now it's become very clear that his voice is too weedy - a shame because the tunes are pretty decent. Well, that is until the last one, an odd mix of quiet and loud that seems to be a strange way to finish a set off. Mind you, the crowd have warmed to them quite considerably but, for all that, there's a lack of variety that drags them down. Maybe they'd do better in the Barfly, but tonight they were average.