| The Others + 50Leaves at Gullivers | - Date: Sat 9 Oct
- Rating: 8/10
- Reviewer: Alex McCann (Designer Magazine)
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Before the trial by stage, it's Collyhurst's 50Leaves, who, in Liam Manton, have a mad skunked up scally on vocals and rhythm guitar that bounds around with the attitude of Gallagher junior and the unrestricted dance moves of The Music's Rob Harvey.  | | 50Leaves at Gullivers |
Musically and lyrically the band display the same passion and desire to kick against the prevailing trends as Oasis did when Supersonic first grabbed the nation by neck and removed the shoegazing shackles. On Dancing Through Fires, the band ask "Ever feel like starting a fire? Or boarding up a door? I can taste all my desires! I want something more!" and it can't be long before 50Leaves achieve that and break outside of the city walls. You Know When You're Born starts off like many Others songs. A Cure bassline is mauled and smothered by Fall style riffs and while its a little too derivative for anyone over the age of 25, it's delivered with such passion by Dominic Masters that you can see why they're one of the figurehead bands of the youth movement. Even without them swinging around Piccadilly Gardens harassing Metrolink guards you can see the nucleus of why there's a genuine fervour about this band. Masters launches forward, mouthing the hook line as if he's singing it for the first time. His enthusiasm is infectious. As the intro to Almanac kicks in, he eyes the already precarious speaker stack and takes to the heights. Looking down, arms outstretched he speaks to his people.  | | The Others at Gullivers |
Much has been reported about the single Stan Bowles, a song not about the legendary footballer, but about troubled ex-Libertine Pete Doherty. On record it sounds a lacklustre follow up to This Is For The Poor, but live you can see why they chose it, as the melody breathes while Masters spits the lyrics out. When the aforementioned Other's anthem This Is For The Poor arrives, they have a call to arms for the 853's and the stage is invaded, floorboards crack and the lighting rig just about stands up to a barrage of stage diving and moshing. The Others offer a world of a chaos and confusion. The fact that they have the songs to back it up suggests that they will be around long after the media tires and moves on to the next fad. | 
