First Sign Of Frost at Islington's Carling Academy
I went to the Islington Academy recently with the task to review No Use For A Name, yet while there I came across a very talented bunch of lads in the form of First Sign Of Frost.
Support acts have the tough job of having to entertain an audience that are not there to actually see them, but make just the right impression to get into the fans mind and be remembered. For this gig, their way of doing this was through unique instrumentation with heavy guitar riffs and elevated melodies. They performed tracks such as ‘Finding The Bomb’ and ‘The Saviour’ all of which elevated to such intensity that they became a band I could see myself watching in a much larger venue; the flashing lights supported band very well and made their performance of some tracks practically in slow motion.
Having said this, I got the impression that I may have been the only person in the crowd to have this opinion over the band. As much as they tried to get the crowd to participate in clapping or repeating lines they were singing, they were not having any of it. I honestly felt sorry for the First Sign Of Frost. They played a good set, had unpredictable songs and rhythms; some were darker than others while some were more upbeat. The vocals were pretty much similar differing from smooth to screams. Unfortunately, as hard as they tired to win over the No Use For A Name fans, they had no luck. The band never let this affect their performance and still appreciated the response that the minority of fans did give.