'Where is everybody?' shouts an excitable Future of the Left fan three songs into their set, noticeably unimpressed with the show's devastatingly low turnout.
This random outburst thrown from the crowd reassuringly broke the ice of what began as an intensely wooden atmosphere.
From that moment on the comedic banter, for which FOTL are renowned for, was able to flow freely until mocking rowdy audience members (and drummer Jack Egglestone – a fan of Pompey FC) became almost mandatory between songs.
“We're here”, shouts another fanatic, “So are we” replies Andy Faulkous, (keyboard/guitar) “we travelled further than you, all the way from Oxford.”
Formed from the ashes of previous cult bands McClusky and Jarcrew, Future of the Left's quick wit transfers into eccentric, seamlessly overlapping lyrical chants about wizards, elves, sausages and pussycats, serving to soften their often biting satirical narratives, all spat out fiercely by front-men Kelson Mathias and Andy Falkous.
Beneath the light-hearted references, odd song titles and bouts of synthetic keyboard noise lie incendiary guitar bursts, driven by heavy, pounding bass riffs. This is true of their latest offering You Need Satan More Than He Needs You, from the album Travels With Myself and Another, which is made all the less sinister by it's comedic performance.
This dynamic Cardiff trio deserve to be heard.
http://www.futureoftheleft.com
Photo by Ben Walker, http://www.flickr.com/photos/liveandloud/
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