Nigel and the boys were on form and played a great set where the new songs sat nicely alongside the greats. Joy Division Oven Gloves, Fred Titmus, Bob Wilson Anchor Man and The Trumpton Riots were all present. New songs like Tommy Walsh’s Eco House and Left Lyrics in the Practice Room made up the rest of what was nearly a 2 hour set. Another crowd favourite Dukla Prague Away Kit also made it into the set with a large proportion of the crowd sporting said shirts.I bought a vinyl copy of the new album, 90 Bisodol (Crimond), which, apparently is not scheduled for release for another couple of weeks. The reason I went with the vinyl was because it also came with a copy of the CD. I also picked up a 12” copy of Dickie Davies Eyes (£2) and a couple of HMHB lighters.
Before the gig Warwickshire Cricket Club had thrown away their chance of the Division 1 title in the last game of the season (away at The Rose Bowl against Hampshire) and Nigel made a reference to this. Actually, sport wise it was a bad evening as Blues lost 3-1 to Braga in the Europa League.
If you’ve never seen HMHB live you should. They are a fantastic live band and not only do you get to hear some great tunes you can have a laugh as well. The only thing I would say is it is not the place to go to meet women as the audience is predominantly male and middle aged.
