Speaker rocking performance from Brighton’s High Tyde
The teen filled crowd started to filter into the intimate venue and spirits were high as the first support act, The Party Slogan, took to the stage. The Edinburgh based, five-piece looked at home on the stage, comfortably playing through a lively set as The Mash House started heating up. I think The Mash House is a great venue to experience smaller, emerging bands like this as its close proximity really brings the crowd together and creates an electric atmosphere that a lot of larger venues fail to do. With some cracking songs such as Addiction, A Week In The Sun, and Good Thing Going On, I doubt it will be very long before we see this young band hitting the bigger stages.
Next up were the East London band Bad Nerves. The alternative punk band had some serious stage presence along with some fantastic clobber. There was no mistaking that the band had taken to stage, kicking off with a fast-paced set including songs such as “Can’t Be Mine” shortly followed by their 2017 single “Radio Punk” which definitely got the crowd dancing with their frontman standing on the front barriers, complaining that they shouldn’t be there. It felt as if he would be in the crowd moshing if he could be which was made evident shortly after as he climbed over the barrier and did exactly that. This is what small venues like this are all about, and it was great to see the crowd thoroughly enjoying themselves, whilst in a sweaty, moment of madness.
I think the break between acts was welcomed by the crowd as it gave them time to catch their breath and cool down from the hyperactive set of Bad Nerves. Now the crowd was suitably hyped for the act they were all there to see, High Tyde was welcomed onto the stage by a barrage of screams and whistles.
The Brighton band started with a lively new song called “In Your Head” from their 2018 mixtape “8978-202545”. It was a great way to start the first show of their tour with many dates already sold out. With the speakers shaking, frontman, Cody says “Let’s get you sweaty as fuck” and then all hell broke loose with the whole crowd moshing to the high tempo set.
