This is my review of The Automatic at TWells Forum, for my school magazine. It starts with "four nights later," as it's going to be put just after the review I wrote for The Holloways at the same place. Short and sweet this one....
Four nights later, and this reviewer is right back in the middle of the action. This time? The Automatic. With the departure of Him Who Yelped A lot, it was always going to interesting to see where they would musically venture next.
Tonight, it’s disappointing to see a less responsive crowd ready to find out. However, The Automatic are clearly still up-for-it, playing a fast-paced show to keep fans on their toes. Starting with a track off ‘Not Accepted Anywhere,’ Paul is keen to show fans why he has replaced the yelping. As they move onto more recent single Steve McQueen, the crowd begin to wake up. Packed with infectious drumbeats and lyrics made to inspire, something tells this review that this is the direction they’ve always wanted to go in.
Throughout the evening, their banter with the crowd keeps us entertained as they are happy to mock themselves. Their confidence is loud, proud and quite honestly, well deserved. New songs such as Interstate and Parasol boast an air of triumph, as they fight back against the record label that dropped them. As the night draws to a close, Monster is the obvious crowd pleaser, with a bumped up guitar heavy section to replace the yelping it started with. Dropping the encore in order to keep the crowd hyped up, they end with Recover, perhaps a track that inspired that ended up encouraging themselves to carry on.
After all the drama, The Automatic have come back fighting. Watch this space…
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