Last night I ventured over to Shoreditch to watch a gig at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen.
Youngblood Hawke
We went to see a band I had never heard about two weeks ago but am now pretty obsessed with, Youngblood Hawke. I even listened to the album on repeat nearly three times the night before the gig, that may be due to insomnia though.
Anyway, as we got there early we ordered some food. I got a vegie quesadilla whilst Bie chose the chicken version; we shared a portion of fries. When it came I was pretty disappointed, there was hardly any cheese which is a key ingredient to quesadillas, the salsa had a very strong lime taste which I just didn’t dig, and they forgot the fries.
Bie went to ask where they were and he seemed to have just forgotten about them. Normally if this happened in a restaurant, it would take them two minutes to get some as they always have them ready but in this case it took over 10 minutes and there was no apology. It’s not hard to say sorry for the wait.
Youngblood Hawke-Alice
Moving on from the food, we went through to the back room where the support act were playing, Propellers.
This was another band I hadn’t heard of until last night although Bie said she recognised one of their songs and swears it’s on an advert or TV show. They were really good which is why it makes me sad when there isn’t a full room of people watching. They deserved to have a proper audience but sadly the room was only half full. Their song ‘The Midnight Kiss’ is probably their most recognised and popular, it is very catchy indeed. The lead singer’s voice is very attractive too, very husky, it’s no wonder women chuck themselves at band members really.
There was a short interlude before Youngblood Hawke came onto stage so we grabbed another Brahma beer, I may have accidently called it a Bahamas though…idiot.
Youngblood Hawke
When the six piece band came on stage the crowd cheered them on, eager for them to start. They played a variety of songs, none which I could name (I’m very bad with names generally), for about an hour but it felt much shorter. They were so full of life and energy throughout the entire set, it was infectious! The guy who was the lead singer was bouncing around all over the place, I tried to copy his moves afterwards but I just couldn’t do it. he didn’t stop moving at all, it was incredible to watch.
There was one song in particular which got everyone singing and moving a bit more, ‘We Come Running’ I think it’s called. Probably my favourite of their songs. At one point the only female member of the group, Alice, jumped down into the crowd and started singing, I thought this was pretty ballsy of her but it worked well.
I found her to be very fascinating because she was just so small. I honestly thought I could pick her up like a rugby ball and place her somewhere else with no bother at all; she looked like flat Stanley, in a hot way. I also was jealous of her hair.
Propellers
The one thing that annoys me about this band is the name. It sounds like such a heavy metal b
and name. They should take out the blood bit and just call themselves Young Hawke, or The Young Hawkes. I know they’re named after a book but it doesn’t do much for attracting new people to them, blood is an off putting word.
Ignoring their name, they are a really good band so go check them out.
And yes, that is a picture of the poster we stole.
YBK Poster
Emma Dando 