#counterfeitband

Here's an edit I had done a while back. Still one of my favs🖤

If you haven’t heard about this band till now… well, then this post is for you, because it equals crime against the notion of music taste not to know them! A bit more than a week ago they had concert in Lido, Berlin and this was just WOW. Seriously. But let’s get to that step by step. Sorry, but this time post will be increeeeeedibly long!

COUNTERFEIT are an English punk rock band from London formed in 2015. I wanted to get to the concert ever since. Their debut album “Together we are stronger” was released on March 17, 2017.

Members: Jamie Campbell Bower, Tristan Marmont, Sam Bower, Roland Johnson, Jimmy Craig.

Musthear: EVERYTHING! But if you still need to be convinced my absolute favorites probably would be: Hold Fire (which is not actually from the album, but from extended single ”Come Get Some”), You Can’t Rely, Lost Everything.

Video: Just today (11.04.2017) they released new video for song “As yet untitled”, check it out and, as Jamie wrote, go feast your eyes.

Quote: Their songs are overwhelmed with beautiful words, sharp and truthful, but still beatiful. My fav part is from “You Can’t Rely”:

My body is broken,

The Devil’s arms around me

‘Cos these angels they don’t love me

They want their pound of flesh

Once needed, now rejected

You’ve heard the same old story

You can’t rely on someone else.

Concert.

Let’s start with the fact that there are two bands on tour with COUNTERFEIT. And we all know how it usually works with the supporting acts: basically you don’t expect much from them. But this is not the case! I won’t talk too much about them even though they deserve it. So, both bands are from the UK. First one is called Decade, Second one – Tigress. You’ve got that perfect chance to hear new good music, don’t blow it.

And this is the moment.

 After 1:30 min. Intro COUNTERFEIT opened with “Washed Out”. They go to the crowd every now and then, Jamie climbs the girder on “Addiction”, he makes everyone sit around him and sing quietly on “Letters to the Lost”, they go into the middle of the mosh on “Come Get Some”, there is constant stage diving or its better to say onto stage diving. You get the atmosphere, right?

In moments like these I feel myself the most alive. I see the reason for everything. They’ve got the energy to fill in the biggest stages of the world. They’ve got everything to become one of the greatest. And I wish them all the best, because those five working their asses off while still having real fun on the stage. Interaction within the band and with public is incredible, chemistry is certainly there, so don’t miss out and give yourself a treat, go to their concert. I will. And more than once of that I’m sure.