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Jamie T certainly spent along time away from the stage.
In one way, it is fairly evident: his looks have changed. His hair is much less shaggy now and is slicked back, adding a neater edge to the Wimbledon troubadour’s image and he seems far broader now, making him seem all the more assertive. But in every other way, you would think that he had never gone away.
The audience tonight only need one chord off an old hit to provoke them into a state of ecstasy. Tracks such as ‘So Lonely Was The Ballad’ and of course, ‘Sheila’ are welcomed with roars of delight and each and every word is chanted back at Treays delightfully. Mosh pits happen during nearly every song played off of 2009’s Panic Prevention and glasses of beer are predictably thrown into the air too.
But the new songs receive a warm reception too, to the joy of Treays. The ‘ooh-ooh’ line in lead single ‘Don’t You Find’ off new album Carry on the Grudge is howled by everyone in Alexandra Palace tonight, bringing a grin that stretches from ear to ear on Treays’ face. The newer songs are notably more introspective and meditative, which provide for refreshing moments during this raucous set. It also displays his rare talent: to make an audience clutch their hearts and sway silently one moment and morph into a bouncing frenzy the next.
However there are still incredibly more frenetic tracks from his third album played tonight such as ‘Rabbit Hole’ and ‘Zombie’ that are greeted with the same amount of vigour as older hits. It makes you realise that Jamie T is well and truly back, as if he had never left. If he plans on taking another break that lasts a few years, it’s almost certain that a huge audience will be waiting for him patiently.
Jamie T is currently on tour throughout the UK. For tickets and more information visit here.
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