To be met with a half full Ruby Lounge was a bit of a surprise but the majority of the audience being young blokes with t-shirts and semi-expensive haircuts was really not.
So for me it was 'Does it offend you Yeah' playing in Sheffield or a night out with my dad in town, not much competition. The limited research i had done (3 last.fm plays during my day in the lab at work) had convinced me that a trip over the peak district to listen to a band who blew me away the 'In The City' before last could be better avoided. The Ruby Lounge as it is, a small an perculier shaped venue, hosted not only a night of a quality performance, but also a sound system that was manipulated to within an inch of it's ability to produce a night that would leave even the deafest engineers ears ringing in the morning, (if sans earplugs!)
It was the bands bass sound that kept the mood riding on a buzz, and the Irish guy's sound sported a bass distortion that roared at a frequency much less than that of the instrument, threatening to rip open the chest cavity of all those who dared not to pay attention (which I must admit was verging on zero, ASIWYFA are not to be ignored). The band, most completely hidden in smoke bathed light to all but the front row, played a set not only acceptable, but ideally timed in terms of it's length and variety, but well composed, if only for playing their 'hits' in the unreserved encore.
It's not often that you get to discovered a band twice, but Oceansize's support off their last tour really did 'cut the mustard'.
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