Frightened Rabbit/We Were Promised Jetpacks

The Arches, Glasgow - 30th Sept

Tonight saw Frightened Rabbit play their largest headlining show in their home country and Glasgow's The Arches is a fitting setting with it's cavernous architecture and tonight it's sell-out crowd who fill every inch of the hall from very early in the evening.

First up is We Were Promised Jetpacks who continue to make great strides in the heavely crowded Scottish music scene, tonight's show will surely only improve their reputation. With songs as immediately arresting as 'Keep Warm' and 'Quiet Little Voices' they have the ability to breakthrough, keep an eye out for these boys and catch the live show because tonight they had someone else's sell-out crowd in their arms.

And so after a short delay that was spent trying to squeeze through to a bar (a difficult thing to attempt in Glasgow) the light's dim and out come the headliners. It's a tough task for Frightened Rabbit to release all the intricacies and poise of their album 'The Midnight Organ Fight' live and they do struggle at times but when they pull it off it's glorious. The thundering 'Fast Blood' is dispatched early to raucous cries as are 'Good Arms Vs' Bad Arms' and 'The Twist' but it really matters not what order they play these tracks as they play them all even slipping an early number from debut album 'Sing The Grays'.

Lead singer Scott comes back on for an ill-advised solo encore where-by the only people likely to have heard any of it would be rows 1 and 2 but soon all is forgotten as they plough through 'Keep Yourself Warm' with it's slightly cheeky chorus that is sung with gusto by every Glaswegian present no doubt with a wink and a nod to their nearest opposite member of sex.

Tonight saw Frightened Rabbit built upon their burgeoning reputation and that of Scottish music all be it with themselves centre stage a bit in awe, but then Glasgow sometimes does that to you.