{"id":894,"date":"2018-03-01T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefm-dev.manchestermediagroup.co.uk\/?p=894"},"modified":"2018-03-01T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T12:46:43","slug":"live-review-rex-orange-county-at-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/articles\/live-review-rex-orange-county-at-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: Rex Orange County at Gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sold out Rex Orange County gig at Manchester\u2019s Gorilla definitely lived up to expectations.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rex Orange County, otherwise known as Alex O\u2019Connor and is one of 2018s most exciting new artists. The release of his first two albums\u00a0bcos u will never be free\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Apricot Princess\u00a0<\/i>have set the bar high; the gig did not fail to deliver the slickness and charm of the records.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The set was very short, but effortlessly cool and laid back. O\u2019Connor impressed by accompanying his own singing regularly on the keyboard and guitar. The whole gig had an air of relaxation about it. He switched from instrument to instrument and graciously said \u201cthank you\u201d after every song.<\/span><\/p>\n

A mixture of his first two albums, O\u2019Connor\u2019s songs really brought the crowd together. Picking up the energy with songs like \u2018Never Enough\u2019 and \u2018Best Friend,\u2019 which induced energetic moshing and some dancing on shoulders provided the gig with excitement. Whereas he also really toned it down and introduced the slower paced tracks such as Corduroy Dreams and \u2018A Song About Being Sad.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

A definite credibility moment was when when he asked audience members to put down their phones and just enjoy the music. It was easy listening and one of the most laid back performances I\u2019ve ever seen. O\u2019Connor switched instruments and chatted into his songs effortlessly. He sounded exactly like the studio albums and you could just tell that he is a genuinely talented guy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Sunflower\u2019, \u2018Loving is Easy\u2019 and of course, \u2018Uno\u2019 reflected the loyalty in this fanbase; the crowd was word perfect. He was very humble and the trumpet and saxophone players had impressive, individual solos. As well as this, he brought out his girlfriend to sing some stunning vocals during the set. It wasn\u2019t self indulgent at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gig ended with \u2018Happiness,\u2019 bringing with it an explosion of energy and screams. Much to the fans\u2019 disappointment, cries for \u201cOne more song!\u201d at the end were ignored.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Short, sweet and simple, just wish the set had been longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

8\/10<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jodie Bryant for Fuse FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sold out Rex Orange County gig at Manchester\u2019s Gorilla definitely lived up to expectations.\u00a0 Rex Orange County, otherwise known as Alex O\u2019Connor and is one of 2018s most exciting new artists. The release of his first two albums\u00a0bcos u will never be free\u00a0and\u00a0Apricot Princess\u00a0have set the bar high; the gig did not fail to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1552,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51,36,30,49,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefm.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}