Night & Day cafe is a legendary venue in Manchester, a start-up venue for many, many famous bands. So many UK acts have played in this venue, this venue has a lot of legacies in its history.

This evening we have London born band Black Bordello to start off the show with a set that was way longer than expected, the set lasted 45 minutes to an hour which would lead you to believe that this was a co-headlined show, the set lasted a lot longer than expected due to a serious of technical difficulties with the bands equipment.

The group who all look like they are from different friend groups have a unique punk sound and stage presence that really makes you pay attention. They all wear a black cross across their forward uniting them as one, but all dressed like their in a different band ranging from Indie to Punk to Classic Metal with their lead guitarist looking like he loves living through the vibes of the 1980s.

Throughout their set people who lingered near the bar away from the stage found their way to the front out of curiosity to the lead vocalists antics on stage, such as climbing over the stages speakers to perch up on the boxes in front of the stage to get right into the audience’s face talking directly to the crowd. She would later on play the guitar with their lead guitarist showing the bands connection to each other before lying down on the floor playing on her back as if it was the most hardcore guitar solo she could play. The antics definitely fit with the band’s sound and tracks that were playing, the way they present themselves fit in well with how they sound showing the uniqueness of the band. Their keyboard player who added the interesting aspects to the band’s sound seemed quite shy during the performance with all the attention being on the band’s vocalist.

Black Bordello have a unique approach to delivering their sound to the watchers in the crowd, and it wouldn’t shock me if they caught the interest of everyone in the room that night and the curiosity gets the better of them again the next time the band comes around.

The Gospel are here to headline the show later than expected with a start time of 10:15pm, all of them sport a black skater dress with white collars uniting all of the girls in the group. From looking at the band setting up you would assume this was an all-girl group if you hadn’t seen or heard of them before like myself, until their lead vocalist takes to the stage looking very much like an intimidating boss.

 All the girls wear high heeled gothic themed boots to fit into the vibe, with the stage having candles and flowers decorated everywhere really fitting the theme of their look. The sound of the band is as expected like a gospel with the tracks of 80s pop covers, taking a unique turn on all of the songs played.

Every member of the band has an intimidating aura about them when playing as everything is fairly intense during the performance, the two drummers which take place at the sides of the stage in the main spotlight capture your attention with their intense drum beats and incredible voices that merge together beautifully.

The Gospel compliments their theme of gothic beauty with incredible legendary hits and making them their own, the instrumentals blend in beautifully with each other, if you’re a fan of a gothic alternative vibe with a bit of a twist then I would check out The Gospel as a must see band for a fun night out.

Words & images: Lauren Allard

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