Hey everyone!
Suzy here, it's my turn to give you my take on the music that shaped my 2024.
My Favourite Albums
Lost Zone - Ordinary Misery
This album came out in April and totally blew me away, it was only a few weeks before I saw them live so I'm glad it was such a good album as I had it on repeat for hours. With amazing tracks like Fighting Demons, my favourite tracks - Voices and You're The One. These 3 lads from Northern Italy are going to be the next big thing, I can feel it in my bones! Check them out!
Blind Channel - Exit Emotions
They promised us the heaviest album they had ever recorded and that is exactly what we got. This album was outstanding, every song was an absolute banger. Wolves is still be favourite, I have a video of me in Bristol that another fan took and it is me heavily rocking out to this song.
GhostKid - Hollywood Suicide
In all honesty, I had only heard of Ghostkid because they were going to be touring with Blind Channel, so when I heard this album I was totally blown away. I loved it so much and was over the moon that I then got to hear it live on tour. Murder and Hollywood Suicide are firm favourites, in fact, Hollywood Suicide is my ringtone.
My Top 3 Gigs
Thursday 4th of April
Blind Channel - Scala, London
This was an amazing night, it was the last night of the UK dates of the Exit Emotions Tour so I was already emotional from not knowing when I would see them again, plus the fact I was super tired and needed a hug.
The support bands were Rock Band From Hell and GhostKid who I have grown to love because they are both awesome live and have some banging songs.
I seriously don’t know another band that can match their energy on stage, it was full on from start to finish, just like it had been at the previous 5 gigs. I always feel super charged as soon as they come out on stage, I feel like I can do anything.
At the end of the gig, when they played Dark Side and had a picture taken with the crowd, Tommi handed me his drumstick (I have 5 of them now lol) and the night was done. They left the stage, the house lights came on and that was it.
I cried on the way home.
Saturday 13th of April
Lost Zone - Club Volta, Cologne
This gig was just all kinds of crazy for me. I’d never been able to see Lost Zone because they are from Northern Italy and whenever they had a gig, I couldn’t get there for it. The out of the blue, there is a tour poster for a band called Fall Into Spring and my Lost Zone boys are one of the support bands. What made it even better was the fact that it was gigs in Germany, so my boys were that little bit closer to me. I couldn’t find someone to go with me so I went on my own, mental health monsters in toe but did my best to ignore them and before I knew it, I found myself in the front row at Club Volta and I saw Simon (the drummer) come out on stage. Was it really him? Yes it was! Then Andre was on stage, then Seb and then there was Florian, I was actually seeing Lost Zone in the flesh!!
Saturday 16th of November
Spyder Byte - Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend
OMG this gig was AMAZING!!! The energy in the room was super charged as soon as the band started playing. They were the support band but there were loads of people there for Spyder Byte. They had the room dancing, jumping around and screaming from the top of their lungs. I loved every minute of it. BLACK VELVET LOVE!!!!
My top new band that I discovered in 2024 was definitely Spyder Byte. I saw them at the Call Of The Wild Festival and have loved them ever since, they are seriously worth checking out if you haven't already.
As a last note like Andy, I'd like to make people aware how important it is to buy tickets to shows, not just the big shows, the little ones too. They are the ones that showcase the little bands that will become tomorrows big bands.
If not enough people buy tickets, the show won't go ahead because the band/promoter/venue/gig organiser can't afford to put it on. This then leads to bands not having gigs, venues not getting any revenue to stay open and people being out of jobs. It's not cheap to put on shows so please buy the tickets and go along to those shows.
Lets keep music live!!
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