Heights/Black Dogs/Catharsis

Generally speaking the gigs I go to (with the exception of festivals) are hard rock/southern rock or punky in nature, but last night I branched out and experienced something different: hardcore. Obviously I have and do listen to the genre but I don't recall ever going to a purely core gig, so last night I went down to Joiners in Southampton to see Heights for the penultimate show of The Old Lies For Young Lives UK tour along with Black Dogs and The Catharsis.

As well as the main supports there was also a local support (Joiners is very good at supporting the local scene) in the form of Our Hollow, Our Home and I am very embarrassed to say I had not heard of them before. They are a melodic metalcore band from Southampton, made up of:

Connor Hallisey- Vocals
Tobias Young- Guitar/Vocals/Programming
Josh White- Guitar
Tim Hoolahan- Bass
James Tuckey- Drums

For a band that was only formed in October 2012 they are remarkably tight live, both vocals stayed strong throughout and they gave an energetic performance that isn't always seen from the band that has to start the warm up. 

Personally I think the show fell on an unfortunate day of the week, most people don't or can't choose Wednesday as the night to go out, have a few drinks and get horribly hot and sweaty (and in some cases bruised) to eardrum bursting metal.