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“Waltzing Along (and later Say Something) may get huge roars of recognition, you sense the band have to push themselves right to the limits to give these songs the same adrenaline rush as their belligerent younger cousins. Picture Of This Place confirms that thought, Tim right on the edge of the stage channeling his energy outwards and being met by a huge wave coming back at him, particularly where the song stops dead and then explodes back into glorious life before Andy joins him for the “root toot toot toot” ending. Even those around us who’d said they knew little of the new record lose themselves in it.”
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“‘Heads’ transforms this cavern into a full-on rave, the incredible trance-like middle section transcending the usual parameters of what a band of this longevity can do – before merging into ‘Stutter’ for an astonishing tribalistic meltdown, with the combination of three drummers and the duo of Adrian Oxaal and Saul Davies on guitars driving it to a ferocious crescendo. That dazzling musicianship from the rest of James is the perfect match for Booth who, whether it is taking long journeys through the crowd and over seats, or by crowd surfing halfway through the hall, proves impossible to tear the eyes away from.”
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“Stutter, a song written back in 1982, doesn’t feel out of place amongst all these songs that came three and a half decades later, the same kinetic energy radiates from its core, the percussion acting as a centrifugal force and the lights not allowing the audience’s attention to wander from what’s going on up on stage.”
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“We’re now thirteen songs into the night and it feels like there’s a big release of pressure as the opening bars of Tomorrow ring around the hall and those round the fringes throw themselves forward. It’s interesting to note here that even one of their best known and loved songs has to battle to sonically have the same energy of what’s gone before in the electric set which is testament to how James are moving further away from the heritage that bands of their generation seem every more desperate to cling to for financial reasons that destroys their creativity in the process.”
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