So October 1st, myself and my pal went along to The Mash House in Edinburgh where Catholic Action (plus guests) were playing.
The venue
OK so to start with, The Mash House as a venue is cracking! located on The Cowgate (gets my vote already) you go up some... creepy stairs round the back of an old brick building. The entrance is one of those doors where you have to, kind of sidewards hobble to get through, the door guy gave us our stamps and we were on our way. Now initially, its vibes struck me as 'Camp' (not what you think) - potato sacks covered the walls and they had that sort of khaki army mesh blanket hanging from the roof; the type you expect to see soldiers scrambling under, so yeah not the initial thought of camp. Bar was pretty steep for a pair of students but we weren't really complaining, after all... they did red stripe.
So, CA had some pretty tight support acts. The night was kicked off with Star Rover, a locally bred 4 piece band. They deem themselves Grunge/alternative-pop, and I agree, right up my street and thoroughly enjoyed them, will be keeping an eye out for their next gig. Find them on Soundcloud and
Bandcamp.com
Second up was Lost in Vancouver. Loved these guys so much. Another locally sourced Band wearing the indie/alternative logo. These guys were so tight and I can definitely see them playing bigger venues in the future, check them out here
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| please excuse my horrendous attempts at photography |
Onto our 4th beer just before the guys came on (big mistake). Catholic Action started off with 'L.U.V' the song that really made me get into them and the one that has got them onto shows like Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1. The band from Glasgow consist of vocalist Chris McCrory; who is also drummer for 'Casual Sex' (ya, I know stuff) Jamie Dubber on bass, Ryan Clark on drums with Andrew Macpherson joining later to add a lead guitarist to the glam rock gurus (get the eyeliner out)
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| photo skills improving exponentially with drink- CATHOLIC ACTION |
I first encountered these lovely lads last year at none other than Mumford and Sons' festival 'Gentlemen of the Road' held in none other than b-e-a-utiful Aviemore. They drew up a pretty decent sized crowd to the smaller stage, I knew straight away I had to keep my eyes on these guys! I saw them again the same year a couple months later at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival where they yet again proved themselves worthy.
Catholic Action released their newest single 'Rita Ora' days before the gig which was lovely, they also played the B-side 'Breakfast' which is one of my personal favourites.
After the gig we had a chat to the guys and we've been promised an album in the new year (yeeeeeees!!) So keep a look out for that, 1000% worth it!!
In the mean time, you can find there singles on Apple music and Spotify.
But if you're too lazy for that ---> L.U.V - Catholic Action
To sum up:
fabulous night, fabulous bands, fabulous booze, sore heads in the morning xxx
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