The Barcelona Bar has developed a habit of hosting highly anticipated gigs, and Antipop have a knack for seeking out extra special bands; tonight this combination provides us with Brighton based band Fighting Fiction.
Fighting Fiction look like a very young band, yet their music and opinions seem to reach beyond their years.
The band manages to streamline the angst and dissatisfaction that is prevalent in the society around them into some momentous songs.
The mainstream music chart it is filled with acts that do not speak to me, I just cannot relate to Justin Bieber, and this is the very reason why bands like Fighting Fiction are vital to music. As they are talking about issues that affect every single one of us be it politically, socially or economically.
Fighting Fiction sound like The Clash - but heavier; or imagine if Billy Bragg went hardcore, then you can start to imagine the band’s sound.
They fuse reggae with punk rock, whilst delving into some heavy indie-rock; and combine this with choruses emphasised by gang vocals.
Highlights of the gig include: Cameraphones & Choruses which asks ‘could you really enjoy a song staring through a two inch screen/ when you’re really in the room’.
You know the types: every movement is recorded for Facebook, as they pass on information about their behaviour - that no-one really cares about. This song is for those people.
Introducing the song front man Jacob Glew explains: ‘nothing recorded is as good as life, even a good album isn’t as good as being at the gig and singing the words.’
And it’s true; you miss out on a lot of life when you have your head down starting at a smart phone screen.
We Will Not Forget smacks of reference to that brain dip most people suffered when they were faced with the prospect of putting a cross in a box, and left the rest of us with ‘ a leader we didn’t elect’ because ‘we were not asleep’.
Although, as Bill Hicks said: ‘It doesn’t matter who you vote for, the government always gets in’.
The song goes onto say how ‘you’ve over-stepped the mark between service and control.’
Eloquently summarising the understanding that the government should be listening to what the people want; what they certainly should not be doing is dictating to the people and veiling it as democracy.
Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Dead And It’s Corpse Is For Sale talks of bands that fall into the trap of music as industry as opposed to music as artistry, with lines such as : ‘brand affiliation is the brand new rock ‘n’ roll’ emphasising this point.
Fighting Fiction hold a social and political conscience that is in overdrive, combine this with the sheer ferocity of the band live and it results in a truly heady mix.
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