Circa Waves live @ MTC Club
Anyone who has seen these four lads from Liverpool before knows that every live show is phenomenal. Even sadder that the small 300 capacity club in the centre of Cologne wasn't even nearly sold out, despite it being the second time of them playing it. Might have been because it was a Monday, might have been because of the lack of promo, but it didn't do any greater damage: the club filled as the evening went by and Circa Waves smashed the tiny stage. Okay, there weren't as many people as at their show at Brixton Academy in London a few weeks earlier, but the fans who did attend showed what it really takes for a good live performance: a good band and even better fans who are willing to heat everything up.
Circa Waves played their usual songs but with much more energy. It seemed like Kieran, the lead singer, had a particular good day. Some random guy who I believe was not German managed to start a moshpit and with such a small crowd it was inevitable for anyone to stay out of it. Beer got spilled everywhere, people got hurt, it was a good night.
But, back to the show: as I said before, it doesn't necessarily take loads of people to make a good show, it just takes the right one, who definitely were there that evening. Although half a year earlier there were more people, there was less passion and singing along was impossible for almost everyone. This time, Kieran didn't even get the choice of letting us take over to sing the chorus or not, we just did.
Him letting me play his guitar for the intro of a song was one of my highlights that could only be shadowed by the traditional jumping on stage during their last and most popular song T-Shirt Weather. Back in May only my friends and I dared to jump the stage and it was more awkward than wild. This time everyone followed sued and it almost looked like the whole crowd ended up on stage.
Cologne again was the final stop of the European tour and this time they really did leave with a bang.