Keith Evans & Trudi Goldsmith from Llanelli Music Scene, took to Cardiff to watch the first ever live show by No Devotion.
No Devotion are formed by the remaining Ex Lostprophets members, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson, Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis & Luke Johnson, fronted by Ex Thursday singer Geoff Rickly.
Lostprophets filled arenas for years before splitting up after frontman Ian Watkins was arrested for child sex offences and tarnished the bands name. About 2 years after the band split up, No Devotion was born, releasing a single on the radio and gained popularity overnight.
As big Lostprophets fans, both Trudi and myself were in awe when we entered the CF10 part of Cardiff University to see the guys mingling with the crowd, positioning the projector for their backdrop and setting their own gear up themselves. The room & stage was no bigger than Kazbar in Market street in Llanelli, and instantly we realised that the guys are starting from the bottom and don’t expect things to be handed on a plate.
We met all six members of the band and they couldn’t have been nicer guys, they were full of thanks for us being there and ensured they signed stuff and had pictures with everyone.
Their set was a very strong 9 song set at 45 minutes and they could have gone on longer but had no other material. They opened with a song called ‘Night Drive’ before playing the B-Side track to their current single ‘Stay’ called Eyeshadow to the exitement of the crowd. They announced there will be another single this year and played I want to be your God, then the B-Side to the track that will be released, called 10,000 Summers. This was the first time that the crowd hered the track and the crowd were singing along and going absolutley mental in the scorching heat of the venue.
The Ex Lostrprophets members played an instrumental song which was like themselves expressing anger about their past, Stu was hammering his bass as if he was trying to break it. They ended with the song Stay, where the crowd sang every single word before playing a slowish song called Grand Central Station.
With a powerful amount of vocals and catchy guitar riffs that stick in your head for days, these guys will be back in the arenas in no time!
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