GIG REVIEW | JUICEBOX | DINGWALLS 21/03/19

Words: Owen Stanley

@soundwaveszine

The flavor of the juice couldn’t be stronger as North West London four-piece own their biggest gig to date at the notorious Dingwalls in London.

Having spent the past year and a half galavanting around the capital playing to and galvanising audiences with their ferocious rock and roll anthems, Juicebox took to Dingwalls to embark on their biggest gig so far.

The four-piece formed of Thomas Muckian (vocals/guitar), Thomas Anton (bass), Charlie Hinton (Lead Guitar/Back in Vocals) and Alex Rands (Drums) have enjoyed a prosperous start to their still early career in the industry catching attention from many across the capital and even the country.

Having already headlined The Monarch, the boys were well aware of how to kick start a crowd in Camden and put that experience into full effect with ‘Perfume’ leading the set as the opening number. A familiar track to many in attendance following its release as the band's debut single back in the summer of 2018.

The track’s heavy-hitting nature and blistering cathartic ending set the scene for what would be a bumpy ride for an enamoured audience.

This was also an opportunity for the band to test out some new material to a large crowd. An acoustic number ‘We’ve got all the time in the world’ was a tender anthem which allowed audiences to catch their breath following the previous chaotic nature of the set up to this point.

However, the newest single ‘Golden Age Of Television’ returned to the set’s frantic nature leaving audiences disoriented and hypnotised to the electrifying instrumentals and ferocious harmonies which came with it. A tune of such vast magnitude it’s almost as if it was set for a venue such as this.

On a night that can be looked back on as a key evening, in terms of that bands rise, it was ended with another new track which left attendees wanting everything but for the set to end. ‘One Step Ahead’ was premiered and wasted no time in grabbing people by the throat and demanding they take notice, a sense of impending danger throughout and a scene of modern-day America falling to the ground.

'One Step Ahead' capped off a monumental evening for the band who are sure to only reach new and bigger heights in the future.

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