Tellison are not
afraid of shying away from telling it how it is or from hard work as they hit
the road on a long awaited tour on the back of new album, Hope Fading Nightly.
As they play an amazing set in front of a hand full of people due to a crap
promoter but quality venue at Hull Fruit space.
Two local support
bands open the show up with some classic rock n roll swagger, think Artic
Monkeys and Slash and you’re not far from the sounds. First band, The Denium
Turtles bring in a big crowd along with Waywardsuns and are ones to watch for
the future. However, tonight for me and a few others tonight was about checking
out what new Tellison have to offer. Having not seen them before in all the
years they have been going I was excited after all I have heard, especially in
recent press with Upset magazine backing them 100%.
As lead man Stephen
and I sat down for a chat pre show, it’s evident to see where his heart lies,
his face beaming and excited to be in a new place with his band. Likewise when
he hits the stage later on you can notice that he has a real love for music and
for playing. This comes through on their new album, which was crafted over a
longer time than most bands take now, three years in fact. A lot has changed
between the albums Stephen explains of them being dropped from their label and
loosing friends along the way, which leads to the darker record they have just
released. Despite the negative title, lyrics and well overall theme of the
album they all are in a happier place now, “we needed to get them emotions out
there to talk about them and be able to move on”. One touching subject Stephen
brought up and paused on was the passing of a friend or two who they lost,
because of depression the individuals took their own life. As we talk about
Christmas singles, Stephen feels like the feels like the force of music can and
should be used for good by recording Tellison Christmas songs which is why in
the past the band have supported the charity CALM by raising money for them
(https://www.thecalmzone.net/). Fingers
are crossed that this year will see another Christmas single emerge so get
demanding the band now on social media and help a great cause.
Back to tonight’s
music Tellison hit the stage like they were playing Reading and Leeds main
stage with energy and charisma from opening track, Letter to the team, which is
moving and powerful especially live. Before they go full throttle into a new
album heavy set featuring Tact is Dead, Wrecker, Get On and Orion. They pause once
or twice to converge with the audience but it’s the excellent jams that people
react to the most as new track Boy is sang along from the opening verse. The
few voices singing along are made up with people dancing along including the
supports act that stuck around to watch these underground wonders. After
knowing and listening to this band for a few years now I can finally say I have
seen them and I was not disappointed. I was just a Boy when I heard you and I
should have seen you earlier when I got too.
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