Venue: Newcastle's Digital
Date: Sunday 1st December
Sunday: traditionally the day of rest. For many, the 1st day of Advent heralds an un-remarkable horrifically cheap chocolate from a 99p Advent Callander. However, for four piece Peace, Sunday night was definitely not a night of rest.
Situated in the heart of Newcastle's gay scene 'The Pink Triangle', Digital is a music venue with a twist. Entering through the modern front door, down a short gloomy passage; and the room lights up in a blue haze. Blasting music far out of the age range of the audience crowded, the small stage is poised and ready for Drenge.
It's not often you're more pumped for a support act then the main act. Drenge, made up of two brothers, are on the complete other end of the spectrum compared to Peace. Dabbling in heavy indie rock and their own spin on a power ballad ('fuckabout') - they're not even on the same planet as the headliners but this is why they work!
Brothers Drenge deliver a phenomenal performance to the wide-awake crowd. Clusters of voices can be heard arising from the pit when Drenge scorch into 'bloodsports'. For Drenge fans; there was no disappointment floating from their instruments; this was the one.
Following the fantastic support act seemed a struggle; but a loved-up-drugged-up Peace seemed to slide in and steal the show effortlessly. Sporting a skin-tight black and white polo neck long sleeved top, Harry and the gang's image and presence was overwhelming.
Peace's set list could be condemned as a masterpiece. Incorporating songs from their debut album 'In Love' earlier this year; the band switched between crowd pleasers like 'Lovesick' and 'Follow Baby', and even preformed 'Delicious' in it's entirety.
Grasping onto a jacket held out as a gift from the crowd, Harry and co. create an atmosphere so personal it feels as if you're the only soul in the room.
An suprise encore of their cover of Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' fits the feminine image so well it seems as if the song was written personally for the quartet. Finishing on an emotional 'Calafornia Daze' evokes such powerful feelings grown men are seen weeping.
'She tastes like sunlight / and she's always going to be there in the back of your mind'
Peace are a band that after you've experienced the sensation once; you want to re-live it again and again. A breath-taking set preformed by one if 2013's biggest bands - not an oppertunity to miss!
