No crowd surfing–unless you are in the band of course…

From Vivian Girls 2011

Having spent a fortnight at Somerset House it was back to a subterranean venue – XOYO – where the weather was only in an issue in the queue outside! After some initial sound problems, which in the words of the bassist from Mazes made it “sound shit”, the night got back on track. Mazes opened with young rock that needs to mature before it is ready for the big time – but I’ve heard much worse headliners… Then Veronica Falls stepped it up a level musically with indie pop with a slightly dark twist, but they too where hindered by technical issues – we’d heard the bands sound checking while we queued outside – we’d have waited another 10 minutes to allow them to get the sound sorted! Then the Vivian Girls made their way to stage in matching floral dresses that gave no indication of the rebellious punk pop that was about to be set free.  They where high energy thought out including over coming the crowd control barriers to play one song from amongst the audience.