This ia a late gig, first band at 12.00 and Bleech are on at 1.30am. On a normal busy week I might have given it a miss, but there are virtually no gigs between Christmas and New Year, and I don't have to get up for work for a week or so. I nearly saw the Males a couple of years ago when they supported a band I knew, but I went to a different gig that night. I added them as friends on myspace at that time, and thus have watched as they changed band members and played gigs around Cambridge, but I don't think they have played London since. I'm not sure but I think 2 of the 4 current members were in the original band. So it was tempting to catch this rare London show. Then Bleech were added to the bill which made the gig compelling.The promoters play with the light in what can only be described as a drunken manner. With no obvious connection with the music of either band it is rather distracing for the audience. I just give up and use flash and add some strobing at appropriate points of Bleech's set. If I carried a big torch I could provide better lighting than many London venues!
The night bus isn't full even though it's Saturday night, and thus the journey home is relatively quick.