Brighton newcomers Collect Call made their live debut at the Green Door Store as part of a triple bill featuring headliners Submariner and opening act Drowning Boy and showed that they have genuine potential.
For a midweek show there was a sizeable turnout in place by the time Drowning Boy were winding up their set, and seeing the members of Collect Call chatting to various groups that a decent proportion were out to see them. Perhaps they're well connected, or perhaps a lot of people owe them favours. Either way there's a buzz building around them that will only grow after tonight.
So far they have release only 2 mid tempo, largely electronic influenced singles, Greenhouse and BluPil, both of which were played, but judging by tonight there's more diversity in their repertoire to come. The 3 piece act comprises of DJ/percussionist Seb Muller, bassist Edward Norton and vocalist/guitarist Joe Thorpe. The majority of the tracks feature Seb's dance influenced beats countered with Joe's more subdued, at times melancholy, vocals. Although the band certainly move things up a gear towards the end of their show.
It was unfortunate that a planned visual display didn't quite work out as hoped. An intended projection of the band over themselves not coming off but they made up for that with a committed performance to a steadily growing crowd who cheered and applauded enthusiastically in the brief pauses, often drowning out the samples playing between tracks.
If this debut show is anything to go by they will steadily build from here and have a bright future ahead.
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