Luke Rainsford was in good company for this show at The Flapper.
Proud Ember, Ben Bestwick and Crafterface
are all in a similar vein to his own material. All three of them playing
emotional acoustic numbers. Ben Bestwick has some beautiful love songs, all complimented by his soft voice and acoustic style Craterface
provided a bit of a contrast, being much more punk rock in style, and having a
fantastic roar of a voice.
J-Dead was a
break from the acoustic sounds but still very much in the same heartfelt
emotional style as many of the other singer-songwriters that night. Backed by his soon to be Ex-Band mates (from
Brummie Grime-core bruisers Crime and Punishment 2011), Jason Tyler on production
and Dan Carter for some of the other songs. Most of the set came from Jake’s début ‘Headspace’ EP yet he already played some newer songs from his next
EP. The set was short and sweet with Jake telling tales including those of domestic
abuse and his troubled relationship with his father. He mixes both rap and
spoken word, over sparse beats and production as well as also using songs by
The XX and Twenty One Pilots as the backdrop for his own stories. 
Less than a year on from the release show at the flapper for
Luke’s debut album ‘I’m nothing like my dad turned out to be’ (where he played
the album in full) came the album release show for Luke Rainsford’s second album, the newly released ‘I feel at home
with you’. This show was also special because it was the first show Luke had
ever played with his backing band. A sort of pop-punk supergroup of Luke’s friends
including those from bands such as coast to coast and Luke’s other band Wallflower.
Despite the sadness that lingers in many
of Luke’s songs tonight felt like a celebration, with Luke being surrounded by
his friends. After the first few songs from his new album were played with the
new band, a selection of older favourites from the debut were played with a
stripped back set up of Luke his guitar, and his drummer tapping on a wooden
box. Despite the band leaving this was far
from being a lull in the show, many of the songs from this section are fan
favourites. Crafterface joined Luke onstage for his guest vocals on ‘Never
Could’ and Luke’s old friend Maddy Cheny joined him for the bittersweet love
song ‘Lucid Dreams’.
While Luke may be far from the mainstream acclaim he deserves,
he remarked that the crowd had doubled since his last album release show. Despite
being only a year old, songs like ‘a note to my teenage self’ ‘a song about alcohol’
and ‘streetlights’ inspired singalongs from the crowd who knew every word by
heart. Unfortunately, ‘streetlights’ was aired for the last time as Luke’s
understandably a bit tired of playing it every other night. Not that this
matters too much as newer singles such as ‘tie’s and ‘home safe’ with its chorus
of ‘you made me not want to die this week, as weak as that might make me seem’creating an unlikely sing along. Despite being barely a week old many of the
songs from ‘I feel at home with you are likely to be as adored as the songs
from Luke’s début.
8/10
links:
www.facebook.com/proudember
www.facebook.com/JxDead
www.facebook.com/Craterfacemusic
www.facebook.com/LukeRainsfordMusic
https://lukerainsford.bandcamp.com/
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