Local band Jeramiah Ferrari have been gigging our local venues for a couple of years now. Previously known as covers band 'Halfway To Victory', the band decided upon a change of direction, raided Chaos Theory's drummer, Stuart Welch, and began creating their own songs. With influences in rock, reggae, ska, punk and rocksteady it was always going to be an interesting, if difficult journey in a circuit already saturated with run of the mill rock wannabes. Cut to over a year later, and the band finally release their debut EP, and for the record, it's a corker!
The band are made up of Ryan (Razz) Barton (Vocals, guitar), Hanson Pollitt - Bass / Backing Vocals, Joshua Aitchison- Lead Guitar and Stuart Welch – Drums. The four are close friends, and that chemistry certainly comes across in the live performances. The band have played some fantastic venues recently, and it came as a bit of a surprise that they chose to have the EP launch in The Letters Inn. A small, but intimate venue, which unsurprisingly was packed to the rafters with fans and locals awaiting the band.
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To warm up the night, two support acts had been arranged to play. The first, Truro came as a bit of shock to all those expecting a gentle introduction. Primarily hardcore skatepunk, it was loud, hard and fast, but it didn't seem to suit the size of the venue. The drumming and guitars overpowered in such a small space and everyone struggled to hear any vocals over the outcome.
After a short set, the second band, Liberation stepped up to play. A local 4 piece band with rock, reggae influences, they soon charmed the Jeramiah fans with their soothing rock/ska like melodies. The singer (Joe Yorke) seemed at ease with the crowd, and soon even the hardcore (stand outside all night) smokers came inside to witness the band. Again, with time running out on a Sunday evening, the set was quite short, but long enough for everyone to appreciate the talent on show, and the band left to a rapturous applause.
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Time for Jeramiah Ferrari. The EP consists of 6 songs, in the following order – Butterfly Sex Bong, Fatty Man, No Booty, Kick Push, Satisfy, and Murder. Now, most reviewers would now tell you that the band played each of these in the EP launch set, and in what order, but this one, had quite an early start on the sauce and proceeded to be a very 'merry' state by the time Jeramiah came on. I did remember to get a few pics this time, but spent the majority of the set dancing and singing along to my hearts content. Butterfly and No Booty, being the oldest and most well known songs got the biggest cheers and the band moved from song to song flawlessly. The atmosphere was electric, the mood contagious, and even the bar staff started to dance along. The band ended the set to a chorus of applause, cheers and shouts of encore. And encore they did, jumping into a rendition of Monkey Man that sent the crowd wild. It seemed nobody wanted the gig to end, but end it had to, but the band stayed around afterwards, happily signing copies of the EP for those who asked.
No doubt about it, this is a band that can win over any audience with their infectious style, and will be crowd pleasers no matter what venue they come across. From Razz's harmonious silky vocals to Hanson's 'look how easy I make this look' basslines, they are certainly gonna grab the right attention. And now with a studio polished EP to back up the live performances, it might not be long before it may well become difficult to catch them in such a venue. Get out and see what all the fuss is about as soon as you can!
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