Friday 3rd September 2010 @ The Louisiana, Bristol
With Support From: Ajanta, Phantom Quartet

We turn up over-ready to spunge sonic energy from the much hyped and terminal The Fyxx. The night oozes electricity as fans and band members alike get fixed up on their pints and who knows? The two preceding bands, Ajanta and Phantom Quartet, fail to get the crowd amped as their insecurity and insufficient stage presence prove a sleeping policeman to any kind of crowd acceleration. They’re going nowhere fast, not helped, or thanks to, a groove killing familial presence. It’s all friends and family with the barmaid proving the only intelligence in a lacklustre humping of their greatest hits.



The Fyxx strut onstage around 10:15 to look over a sea of stone, faces expectant but dulled by the evenings’ previous disappointments. Intentions of a warm-up have been misguided, but frontman, Neil, turns sparks into a flame into a burning rage as a now quintet, double-based band bang out crowd favourites like Dot To Dot (namesake of their EP) and Sort It Out, leaving the kids drooling for Sheila.

It’s been emotional, a farewell gig as The Fyxx, a band with attitude, riff-bending lyrical capability and potential longevity go their separate ways to study. One is left with a feeling of wasted potential as they clamber off stage, bruised by encore wrestling, and sink their goodbyes in a sea of amber. There is hope for a reunion, but even optimists know, deep-down, that this is the end of what could have been great.

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Guy Waddington