{"id":14030,"date":"2014-02-10T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T10:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=14030"},"modified":"2014-02-10T13:58:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T11:58:24","slug":"kingdom-band-launch-with-stoker-feverstone-at-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/kingdom-band-launch-with-stoker-feverstone-at-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom band launch with Stoker & Feverstone at Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"
Saturday 8 February 2014<\/div>\n

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a proper loud and sweaty gig<\/a> – that, combined with what I’d been hearing about Kingdom had me really looking forward to their band launch at Mercury for a good while. And after the fact I can say the hype is well deserved, Kingdom put on a great show \u00a0and Stoker and Feverstone were the perfect accompaniments.<\/p>\n

\"Kingdom\"<\/a> I’m actually mildly embarrassed at how long it’d been since I’d visited Mercury <\/a>– the whole place looks different now, glass bricks, wallpaper, couches, stripper poles…it’s still the same though, I came to realise as it filled up with all the usuals, which is comforting.<\/p>\n

Feverstone kicked things off loud and energetic, setting the pace for the rest of the night. I’d seen them just once before (doing an acoustic set at &Union<\/a>) and enjoyed them both times, though I definitely preferred Saturday’s full-throttle version.<\/p>\n\n\t\t