Tonight’s leaders Stonerun have comes a long way in only a year with a full album written and ready although their two support entries are immediately acts to follow, themselves. Cruel Acrobat, featuring singer / guitarist and bassist Gareth and Joe Jones - brothers of ‘Run roarer Tommy - take off hard with a tasty brand of keyboard laced Britpop/grunge noise that instantly sounds nice. Sadly only twenty-eight minutes to play with, they play it brilliantly and infectiously. Good guitar consistency and vocal melodies at slow to medium pace instead of sped along in student-pleasing wannabe fashion make them a fan in me and many other people on the floor, fifty-plus already taking up the Corp’s little room. Rippling solos and unexpected pace changes set this lot in perspective for the spotlight, armed with material that even fails to bore the fans of the following two acts, Smiths cover at the end specifically included. Do it again soon lads.
