Great Bloomers, Boys Who Say No, Five Star Trailer Park (Albion, Guelph)

Up first of the three Torontonian bands at the Albion in Guelph last Friday (July 31) were Five-Star Trailer Park who were in Guelph for the second time in about a week. It was the beginning of a LOUD evening.. and not in terms of musical genre, but general sound system level. From the patio I heard On the Drive Home just fine. When I did make it inside I found an all-male six-piece playing some rock music. Fronting the group was an emotive guy who acted out many of the lyrics in charade-style (while wearing a Dancehall Free For All tee). As noted by a friend, the bass player was also "very agreeable" referring to him getting in the zone with a lot of head nodding. One of their final tunes sounded very familiar, and was likely a cover though I couldn't place it (after the few drinks I'd had) but some audience members could as they got up to dance.

Next to the stage were Boys Who Say No which predictably was made up of boys (four of 'em) who played drum, bass, guitar and added a dash of uke and keys depending on the song. They included a very drum-centric song (or perhaps that was the sub-woofer again) that saw some of the Great Bloomers join them on stage. Not bad.

Closing out the night the Great Bloomers were five guys, some of whom played a couple electric guitars and a keyboard. Playing their single, Young Ones Slept, first they managed to draw in a bunch of the patio dwellers and possibly some people from down the street at Sun Sun's as I'm sure you could hear it there! It didn't take long before they returned the favour and invited Boys Who Say No back onstage to guest on one of their tracks. There was a new one called something like Keep Me Here that was played before the rhythym section provided a jazzy instrumental interlude. The singer picked up an acoustic axe for a bit, while a guitarist picked his guitar, face-up in his lap. The title track from Speak of Trouble came after that and was followed by Honey Blanket. To close out the set was a well-recieved tambourine attack. In my opinion the Albion saved the best for last this night.