{"id":16634,"date":"2021-09-14T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16634"},"modified":"2021-09-13T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:28:05","slug":"fields-of-the-nephilim-faces-of-sarah-buckley-tivoli-10-09-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16634","title":{"rendered":"Fields of the Nephilim\/Faces of Sarah\u00a0 (Buckley Tivoli 10\/09\/2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To say I was looking forward to live music coming back would have been an understatement!!\u00a0 After being starved for the last 18 months as the world reeled under the pandemic it was great to get back to whatever the new normal looks like, at this point lateral flow tests pre and post gig alongside sanitizing hand gels and respecting peoples personal space.<\/p>\n

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Arriving at the venue (a new one on me)\u00a0 you can\u2019t help but feel a bit of trepidation especially as the crowd swells out to sell out proportions, but in fairness what was noticeable was that everybody gave space to each other. First up was the Liverpool based band Faces of Sarah, <\/strong>and I had to immediately double take was that RPM\u2019s own Gaz Tidey on vocals? (It wasn\u2019t I think that\u2019ll come with the Sister Morphine re-union shows.)<\/p>\n

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Moving on from musing, they in fact played a cracking set, straddling the genres between Rock\/Goth and indie with a blinding vocal performance from Nick Schultz, the band have been around for a while originally forming in London Way back in 1999, before moving up North to their current base, and the stage craft and presence showed that experience, definitely a band worth checking out, delve backwards into Bandcamp there are some really interesting pieces of work there.<\/p>\n

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The Nephilim, I first caught live way back in the day around Dawn razor time and they really stood out from the Big three they were place within (The Sisters of Mercy and the Mission were the other two). I always gave them a more raw edge, an almost Motorhead like feel at times, as the band intro tape begins and atmosphere starts to build, you can feel the palpable excitement of the crowd, as the music fades out dry ice swirls and we\u2019re into Harmonica Man<\/strong> and the first thing that stands out for me is how well\u00a0 Carl McCoy\u2019s voice has held up, especially if you compare it to the state of Eldrich\u2019s .<\/p>\n

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Hats in place? Check, Dry ice swirling? Check, what a welcome back to live music and the gig just built driving into Preacher Man, <\/strong>and we start to get the crowd interaction we\u2019ve all been waiting for, people are hoisted on to shoulders, arms are raised and it becomes the full live experience, the sense of trepidation, about contact with others leaving the room.\u00a0 For me the gig took off with a blinding couplet of Dawn Razor<\/strong> and Moonchild <\/strong>but truth be told the drive from the band didn\u2019t ease throughout the set and by the time closer Mourning Sun <\/strong>swirled out\u00a0 <\/strong>just over an hour in, you couldn\u2019t help but smile LIVE MUSIC IS BACK!!! <\/strong>Say it loud.<\/p>\n

After the encore kicks in with a sublime version of\u00a0 Last Exit for the Lost <\/strong>it really did feel that after the losses we\u2019ve all experienced in the last 18 months, there is a pathway out of the chaos, the stage lights are back on, enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n

Author: Nev Brooks<\/p>\n

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