It's rare that you go to a gig and even notice the support band, let along stop and listen to their entire set.

Opening for X Is Loaded were Eve's Only Son, a local four-piece. The youngsters played a 45 minute set that could eclipse most of today's radio output.

Admittedly the venue was small, the sound mediocre at best but anyone with half an ear for a good tune could not fail to hear brilliant songs played with skill.

Despite their tender ages they have the rare advantage of an effortless attention to arrangement and dynamics that's been missing from rock music for a long time.

This band are not retro, they're not new-tro, neither are they reinventing the wheel. What they are doing is finding (not replicating) a sound that combines the best of current and previous British and American rock.

This leaves them somewhere in the mid-Atlantic - the home of most British rock bands including the Stones, Who, Zeppelin, U2 etc.

Left untouched, their sound is good. Given a little time it will be great. For an only child, Eve's son is definitely worthy of a bigger family tree.

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