Once upon a time Feeder were touted as one of the biggest bands in Britain. With arena tours and festival headline performances under their belts, it seemed like everything was falling right into place for the band. Unfortunately though, it all went downhill for a period culminating in a break for the band with frontman Grant Nicholas going away on his own to do some solo work with the future of the band in doubt. However, the band made a triumphant return this year with performances at Isle of Wight festival amongst others and are all set to release their new album All Bright Electric soon. They are also hitting the road on an extensive run of UK comeback shows and judging by the reception the band are greeted to, they were sorely missed.
More of that soon though, as first up are tonights openers, the very promising Reigning Days (8/10) who blast on stage with their garage rock swagger in full force. A lot of bands have had a go at the garage rock tag since the growth of Royal Blood but very few have done it as well as Reigning Days with brilliant songs such as My Demons and Empire showing that they have more than justified their 45 minute support slot and they will have definitely have gained a fair few fans this evening.
If Reigning Days were the emerging young star, Feeder(9/10) are the returning veterans and they are on fire tonight. Met to a rapturous applause by all of their Scottish fans in the ABC tonight, which is sold out and packed to the rafters. Opening with a couple of new tracks off of the yet to be released All Bright Electric might have meant that it was a slightly slow opening but by the time they dropped Renegade the crowd were ready to party. The early airing of super single Feeling The Moment only seemed to confirm this as the song sparked mass sing-alongs from front to back of the venue with fans old and new roaring every single word right back at the band as loud as they could and it was only to get better.
From here on out it is joyous sing alongs to almost every track with Feeder doing their best to remind the audience how many brilliant songs they have written in their long career. Throwing out anthems such as High, Insomnia and Pushing The Senses mid set is a sign of how truly remarkable the career of the band has been with every single song getting a bigger reaction than the last.
There was more to come however in one of the set highlights Just The Way I’m Feeling. The song was performed immaculately and with all the emotion that the track deserves but it was the crowds rendition of the song afterwards that makes this such a highlight. With the song long finished the crowd continued to sing the chorus with Grant looking visibly shaken by the reaction of the Glasgow faithful. A Truly moving moment.
The highlights were just to keep rolling in after this with Buck Rogers moving the entire venues and presenting one of the biggest sing-alongs you are ever likely to hear. Every word from start to finish is screamed out loud by everyone in the iconic piece that is largely responsible for the growth of Feeder in years gone by. When the band come back on for and encore of Seven Days In The Sun followed by the irresistible Just A Day the crowd are left thinking two things: firstly that they had just seen a brilliant and emotional marathon of a show (17 songs!) and secondly, everyone should be grateful that Feeder are back.
9/10 – Great Performance from returning heroes
Highlights – Just The Way I’m Feeling, Buck Rogers