Modern Faces was the Support Band for Kasabian

So, as you probably saw before in this blog, Im "supporting" the band Modern Faces and as I previously announced, they were the support act for Kasabian for their first and last gigs of their warm-up festival tour...

I was stuck in Paris so couldn't support them in the flesh but several of my friends could be there (well more for Kasabian at first ) and 2 of them gave me their impressions and wrote me some amazing reviews and the only thing I could say is that I never lie when I say that MODERN FACES is an amazing band!!!! 

The setlist:

1. Lost In A Moment
2. Break Off
3. Got The Love
4. Gun For Hire
5. Rock 'n' Rolla
6. Love Frustrates Me
7. No Mans Land.

Picture By Kath Platt

First review from the gig in Sheffield (04 June 2011) By Helen Murray

It’s a tall order to be a support band when the main act is the eagerly anticipated return of the mighty Kasabian playing their first live gig since August 2010 and debuting new songs from their new album, with a crowd champing at the bit to Get Loose, Get Loose. It would make most support acts quake in their boots, but if Modern Faces felt it they certainly didn’t show it and stepped up to the mark to play a belter of a set at Sheffield 02 Academy on 4^th June.

Singer Monty was certainly up for it when he swaggered on stage in his Rock Star red velvet jacket and exclaimed “Let’s fuckin’ ave it!” at the beginning of the set - music to the ears of any excited Kasabian fan. They launched straight into the big sound of Lost in a Moment setting out their stall as pretenders to the “next big British Rock band” crown. Something tells you that you’re listening to a band from north of the border...is it a sprinkling of Glasvegas or even Big Country over those Oasis influences?....you can definitely smell the heather.

They keep up the pace, rattling through Breakoff and Got the Love with gusto, passion and energy. A change of pace with Gun for Hire, a laid back strumming Kinks-esque beginning in the vein of “The Importance of being Idle”. Then we are back into the big sound of their stomping Rock n Rolla, then a more introspective Your Love Frustrates Me, finishing with No Man’s Land.

They were very warmly received by the Kasabian crowd and after their exit from the stage there were nods of approval all round.

If Kasabian are a big ravenous Velociraptor in their current incarnation, then Modern Faces are at least hungry young T-Rexs snapping at the heels of bigger Rock dinosaurs. See how they grow!

2nd review about the gig in Manchester(08 June 2011)by Tom Wells

Modern Faces. How this band aren't massive, I have no idea.The band were greeted with cheers as I stood in front of them. The left of my face, covered by a man's armpit, and the right being elbowed by a very drunk man who had decided to use my shoulder as a resting post. He'd also decided to try chat up some young girls standing next to me by saying "this band are sh*t, I saw them last night". Well, he soon ate those words when the band broke into their first song. He then claimed that he'd been drinking for 3 days straight and had in fact been "at a different gig last night".

After the band's first song, Lost In A Moment (which is a brilliant tune!), Modern Faces were thanked with a cheer that only a Manchester crowd could give. A roar of drunken appreciation. You could see a glint in these people's eyes that said "Fucking hell, these guys are good!".
As the band continued to move deeper and deeper into their set, they got people moving more and a lot of people were getting right into the swing of the gig environment and began to enjoy themselves a lot. Although the majority of people that entered the gig had probably never heard a track from Modern Faces, they were certainly going to the merchandise stand after the headline act, Kasabian, to buy a Modern Faces CD. Towards the end of the band's set, the crowd had even began to sing along to the songs. "Love Frustrates Me" was one of the tracks that really got this. The pleasantly repetitive line in the song, "Your love frustrates me" had a good portion of the crowd singing along.
When the band reached their final track of the night, No Man's Land, the whole arena became silent, but at the same time epic as the voice over of "The state of war world exist between us..." at the start of No Man's Land was played. The crowd REALLY loved it when the music kicked in.
At the end of the song (and the set), the band got their biggest cheer of the night. What a magical way to end such an amazing gig, supporting the one and only, Kasabian.
Overall, a fantastic gig, I, for one, will definitely be going to see Modern Faces play again. What a gig. What a night. What a band.

PicS by Helen Murray.


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