Gig report: Eureka Stockade @ The Portland Arms, Cambridge

Band: Eureka Stockade
Venue: The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Date: 09/02/13
Audience: Friendly, loud enough in their appreciation
Set: Violence, Been There Before, Without You, Caught In A Fire, If, Through Every Darkness, All Alone
Notes: First Eureka Stockade gig in what feels like a very long time, but with recording for the second album now taking place and with more shows coming up this band have taken any of the few gaps that remain in my diary. Which is a good thing because I really like Eureka Stockade - it felt like a big sound tonight, and even though our only rehearsal was last night we were pretty tight for most of it. Playing at the new Portland Arms (I still can't get used to it - just feels like a completely different venue now), we were opening for indie heroes and formally quite big band Ultrasound, who are on a bit of a comeback tour. Cramped stage, what with four bands playing (and Ultrasound's huge organ), and it all got very hot and sweaty quite quickly but it was a decent gig. On just as the doors opening, we were never going to have a huge crowd, but such is the power of supporting a known band we still had quite a few in - and they responded enthusiastically enough. Played very new song, 'If', live for the first time, Andy's finest 4 minutes without any doubt. I then had to leg it down the road to play another gig...