WE ARE THE IN CROWD
Plus: Super Prime,
The Summer Set  
Islington Academy, London 26.04.12

Words: Jenny Chu

The Boston bunch- Super Prime infuse everything that a typical pop punk band should, the cover of Fall Out Boy- Sugar We’re Going Down is a massive hit with the crowd tonight and prepares this band to be the next big thing! They’re the sugar that makes the kids tonight bounce off the walls. Whilst acting like they’re fresh out of their parents’ garage but in contrast sound like they more than deserve to be here.

Second support of the night is The Summer Set and as their frontman- Brian Logan Dales strips off his jacket to reveal a t-shirt that says “LIFE” on, he lives up to it by bringing life to the stage if not the entire city. Oozing a unique sound that makes The Summer Set near to impossible to compare with any other band this individual source of music put many bands playing shows right now on the edge of their seats! They start with an intense introduction to Punch Drunk Love, drawing the question “how can a band have such a bounce to them but sound so spot on at the same time?!?” They have the energy of cute, excited puppies but they have this addictive, happy-go lucky charm to them that all music stations across the pond require. Brian promises “everything is just fine” as they burst into Someone Like You but watching The Summer Set it’s clear that they are more than your average radio pop band and they don’t play fine but play extraordinarily well. It’s safe to say they put every drop of sweat into tonight.

The queue that started well before lunch was even being served in most pubs are all here for the five youths that come together to form We Are The In Crowd. Only recently coming off tour from supporting their friends in All Time Low the band have done well to sell out their first ever headlining tour. Lighting up the stage like a match they open up with Rumour Mill, a definite crowd pleaser and the bands ultimate survival kit in the form of their album Best Intensions. The set follows a continuous string of fun blasts shot out from a small front woman with a big voice; Tay showcases her fresh, melodic singing power at its absolute best during You’ve Got It Made. Anybody that doubted female fronted bands have certainly met their match here at Islington Academy. Whilst their set resembles a shaken bottle of pop that explodes the more they get into it they prove that any of those big bands they previously supported need to make way for this fresh lot because anything they can do We Are The In Crowd can do better. Brian from The Summer Set joins the five piece for new single Kiss Me before ending the extremely pop-punk themed night with Both Sides Of The Story from a band that have made the best possible impression and gives way to the birth of future headlining shows from We Are The In Crowd.


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