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PEST
The Blossoms, Stockport
1st June 2024
The Hertfordshire nu-metal duo PEST make their debut look ‘up North’ after constructing a stable repute within the South East.
Cameron and Harvey aka PEST have been collectively for round 2 1/2 years with Louder Than Conflict first overlaying them nearly 2 years in the past upon the discharge of debut single Nicotine/Wake Up.
Since then they’ve realised a handful of singles and lately obtained reward from Manchester’s personal Gutter Punks, The Battery Farm, following them taking part in collectively in Luton. The aforementioned had been in order that impressed they’ve invited PEST to make the journey up North to play with them in Manchester in September.
Tonight although it’s the duo’s alternative to make sufficient noise at Blossoms Resort to rattle the home windows of the 192’s passing on the A6. The upstairs perform room is the standard room above the pub’ with heavy curtains blocking out a uncommon, sunny northern day. With a handful of individuals within the room it’s sizzling… with a crowd, it’s gonna be roasting.
PEST take the stage of their trademark inexperienced boilersuits and are bathed in inexperienced mild. They’re loud. Fucking loud. The duo know precisely what they’re doing as they launch into their 10-song, 30-minute set, starting with In Purgatory from their 2022 EP of the identical title. As I stated that is their first look up North however watching the response of these watching they’re making a couple of followers. They proceed with ‘acquainted’ tracks, Secure, Nicotine and Empire. The previous is from the aforementioned EP however the others singles. PEST have been working onerous and within the studio to file some new tracks, the primary of those, Plague hits the spot.
The warmth is attending to Harvey who has by now stripped out of his boilersuit, sweat pouring from him. He’s been placing a shift in although, the self-taught drummer has a mode which may solely be described as Animal blended with Keith Moon. Cam leads the road, unbothered by the warmth, staring intently into the group as he sings.
They’re as tight as fuck. Nobody within the room had seen the band dwell earlier than, and lots of wouldn’t have been aware of the songs, nevertheless it’s a testomony to their professionalism that while the set is blended of outdated and new, nobody would have been in a position to inform them aside. Run, Butane and Step By Step By Step comply with with extra approving head nods from the
The penultimate monitor 0121DO1 makes me snigger, I do surprise if they’ve some aversion to Britain’s second metropolis. It’s not, however will probably be fascinating to see the way it’s obtained once they get there. All too quickly Cam declares Warriors, Witches and Girls, a monitor in reward of females. The breakdown through the monitor affords the chance for viewers participation as we’re given the chance to kneel forward of the track’s finale. I’ll be sincere I snuck off to the facet as there was no manner I’d be getting down and up once more! I’d like to see them do that with a room of some hundred versus the 30-40 folks watching tonight.
A terrific Northern debut from a band I’ll be going to look at once more.
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All phrases by Iain Key. See his writer profile right here or discover him on X (Twitter) as @iainkey
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