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Salem - Join The Church Tour

 

Salem - Join The Church Tour

Following on from the success of their recent two EPs, Salem set out on their 19 date 'Join the Church' tour around the UK, stopping at Norwich on Tuesday 19th October to play at The Waterfront. Frontman Will Gould and guitarist Matthew Reynolds were joined by Ranny Ransom on bass and Jack Wrench on drums for a jaw-dropping, fast paced and spectacular night. 

They started the set strongly with the opening song from their debut EP; 'Fall Out Of Love' and Will instantly had the crowd singing along to the first lines. Following this dramatic start, came the super punky 'DRACULADS' enhanced by Will wearing the T-shirt. (I of course nabbed one of these from the merch stand!) Every single line was delivered perfectly, full of emotion and confidence - I think this song was the highlight of the performance for me, and Will's signature spin and point move will be forever in my dance repertoire!

After a beautifully theatrical performance of 'Heaven Help Me', Will Gould dedicated 'Doomed (for each other)' to the couples in the room. Of course I know every word to these songs, and Will's engagement with the crowd and encouragement to join in made this a fantastic experience at barrier for me, I felt really involved, as you can see from the videos! 

Everyone was singing along to the catchy chorus of 'Sweet Tooth',  I wish I could go back and relive this performance! The happy energy in the room was buzzing at this point. Next was a sultry performance of 'Throat' with more singing and microphone swinging. I keep changing my highlights of the night as this review progresses and whilst watching back the videos I took!

Two of my personal favourite songs from the EPs 'Eyesore' and 'William, It Was Really Something' continued to build the set. The emotions and energy levels from the stage including a massive guitar solo from Matthew in the latter song were peak! It has to be said the eye contact and charisma that oozes from Will Gould is a natural gift.

They followed this with an upbeat cover of The Damned's 'New Rose' and moved to the finale 'Keep The Thorns', leaving the stage at the end of the song with the lyrics "So long farewell, guess I'll see you in hell". 

Returning for an energetic encore of 'Destroy Me' - the band's first single and an obvious crowd favourite. Will told the audience that they had to either dance or sing along to this one, and they delivered, moshing and squeezing as far forward as they could to sing with Will into his microphone. This was a perfect ending to an amazing night, I'm so gutted it's over and hope to catch Salem live again soon! 

Salem are halfway through this tour and are playing Leeds tonight, with upcoming shows including Glasgow, Guildford and London, before finishing the tour in spooky Salem fashion on Halloween with a sold out show in Southampton. 




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