Face Of Cheam

Went to The Vine prior to this one as the Pineapple was heaving. Carter seem to be doing the odd gig here and there annually now. Here was part one of the drum machine years, though they performed their fourth & third albums in their entirity plus the related b-sides in the encores. Their era summed up when Jimbob says 'Hello The Town & Country Club'. Highlights for me were the pure rock of 'Lenny & Terence' and obviously 'The Only Living Boy In New Cross' and 'The Impossible Dream'. Covers were regulars in their b-sides and they did their own versions of 'This Is How It Feels', 'Panic' and 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight', which was followed by a second encore and show ender of 'After The Watershed'. A shame I couldn't go to the following night at Brixton to hear their other two albums but such is life.