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I walk through the bar and am effusively greeted by a tall man who has been warned I’m about to arrive (“Blue T-shirt, fluffy coat”). This tall man turns out to be Paddy the lead singer and guitarist of the seven piece band Metzanine. He introduces me to the rest of the band and we have a good chat about music, life and everything.

I haven’t listened to the music on the myspace page so I have no idea what to expect. When they walk on stage in the dingy room at the back of the pub, I know it’s going to be good. Any band that counts a percussionist and a violist amongst their players raises my expectations pretty rapidly.

They proceed to play a fantastic and varied set with immensely catchy songs that has me (and the rest of the crowd) rocking out in short order. All of the players are accomplished and obviously passionate about their music: the fun that they have on stage is fantastically infectious.

The set ends with a quick bonus track and there is time for a quick beer and chat with the band before they bundle into a taxi and head off.

Metzanine won’t be gigging for a while as they are in the studio but once they come back make sure you go and see them. They’re great!

[2007-03-27] Apparently they are gigging again:

Wed 11th April 8pm	Tommy Flynn’s
Wed 16th May	Purple Turtle

[2007-03-28] Bloody hell! Paddy’s added this review to the Metzanine Xfm Uploaded Page