Concert Review: Sleeping With Sirens, Mallory Knox, This Wild Life and Beach Weather

Concert Review by Alex Bock
Munich, February 24^th 2016, Technikum

Four bands were on the bill that night, so the show already started at 7pm.

First band was Beach Weather, a three piece from the US. Can’t say too much, because I only caught the last few notes of them. Crowd response was good though.

Second were two guys from Long Beach, CA, called This Wild Life. Honestly, if you’d judge them by their looks, you would never guess that they make acoustic music. Amazing what two guitars and vocals can create. ‘Heavier’ tunes and slower songs, you name it, they play it. Definitely a band to look out for in the future.

Next up were Mallory Knox, a five-piece band from Ely, UK. Considering the crowd’s reactions, the audience wasn’t there for the headliner only. Last club tour in Germany for the band was in December 2014 with Tonight Alive opening for One OK Rock. They also played Rock im Park/Rock am Ring in 2015. That night, everyone was really into the sound of the band and I hope they come back soon for another tour, hopefully headliner, as they sure have enough great songs to fill a longer set-list.

Although after the Mallory Knox set the crowd suddenly began to shrink immensely (they might have been found at the merch tables), they were all back in line, when the headliner hit the stage. Sleeping With Sirens entered the stage to a screaming crowd of a really young audience. They knew every word and sang along loudly. A lot of the songs they played were from their latest release ‘Madness’ like ‘Kick Me’, ‘Go Go Go’, ‘Don’t Say Anything’, ‘We Like It Loud’, ‘The Strays’ and ‘Gold’ in its acoustic version. After only 60 minutes the show was over. Time passed far too fast. I wish bands today would play longer sets. But then they have much more bands on tour with them, which doesn’t leave everyone an infinite amount of time.