Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Tellison tell it how it is in Hull



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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