Today has been a lovely day. The sun is out, it's really fucking hot and I've been walking around Birmingham. Everyone has been really friendly and I even got to try out a vr exhibition at the waterhall in the bm&ag. Another highlight of today was catching a few songs from Keywest in Birmingham's bullring area. My first impression of the band was of them being a bit too hipster for my taste . Probably due to their impressive beards and man buns. Yet The more I watched them, the more they won me over. Keywest play a particularly irish brand of Americana. Which isn't far off from the more famous likes of Kodaline or a less downbeat Hozier.
Their set was constantly disrupted by the Bible bashing of the fire and brimstone preacher next to them. The irony being that keywest themselves were the ones promoting messages of peace, love and postivity. Keywest took it in their stride, joking and shrugging off the yelling of the preacher next to them. While not a Christian band themselves they're song titles alone mention 'absolution', and 'salvation'. The latter being a true story of a friend of theirs overcoming domestic violence. Keywest are clearly a talented band, but it's their gleeful optimism that won the crowd of bystanders over. One bystander being a little girl who was fascinated by their music and how they were making it. Their singer said at the end that they had come to gain an audience while busking and to promote their second album. It seems like they've done that pretty well.
7.6\10
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