Pigstock 2012 - Mojo Fury
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Main stage (11pm) 2nd June
Tweet: Arguably the bravest and most vital set of the day!
What happened:
Bold, ambitious, unpredictable and huge! Fresh from a UK tour, Mojo Fury storm the stage determined not to waste a single second. From the get-go, things are different and urgent. The drums are set up to the extreme left of the stage to make way for their brand new drummer (ex-Brigade skins man) Andrew Kearton. The first half of their set is almost entirely made up of new tracks, some of which are being aired in public for the first time. Opener 鈥淪afe in the Arms鈥 starts off with confident Mojo angularity before James鈥 shimmering guitar line joins the dots and colours it in to reveal one of the most stunning tracks they鈥檝e penned so far. 鈥淕rounds鈥 (formerly 鈥淚 Ain鈥檛 Sharin鈥欌) is greeted like an old favourite. We get a handful of tracks from 鈥淰isiting Hours of a Travelling Circus鈥 of which 鈥淭he Colour of the Bear鈥 and 鈥淲e Should Just Run Away鈥 are the standouts 鈥 the latter now a bona fide Northern Irish anthem, before finishing on new song 鈥淭o Comprehend鈥. For the encore, they took on 鈥淢arch of the Pigs鈥 by Nine Inch Nails. It was a perfect end to a truly remarkable set.
Yes: Ciaran鈥檚 bass detonations on 鈥淕rounds鈥 and the spirit of joyous adventure from start to finish!
No: One of the new songs had a slightly worrying funk element but we鈥檒l keep the jury out until we hear the album version.
Rating: 9/10
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