Music & Performance:

FRANK THE BAPTIST surely still rank among the newer bands of the scene but when you hear (and see) them one could easily think the band would be old stagers. While many newer bands either still sound too much alike their big heroes and influence or follow too much the scene's clichés (or both), FRANK THE BAPTIST impress with substance, originality and charisma. And the band displayed it's qualities from the start! After a short sound check vocalist and band founder Frank Vollmann began an impromptu a capella performance while the hangar began to fill up more and more. A short break and the "proper" FRANK THE BAPTIST show began. And the band started brilliantly, and then it even got better and better! The band really took delight in what they are doing on stage, and it translated perfectly onto the crowd. From eruptive Gothic Rock anthems to melancholic and intense moments, FRANK THE BAPTIST simply delivered all you could hope for.

Singer Frank Vollmann, who has an awe-inspiring voice, didn't even try to conceal the fun he had up there, and joked around with his band mates and the audience - a very communicative guy as it seems, and a pretty charismatic front man. The fans and those who came because of word-of-mouth loved the performance, and after songs like 'Signing Off' or 'Falling Stars' the show climaxed with the hymn 'If I Speak' - with the band members of CINEMA STRANGE joining FRANK THE BAPTIST on stage to deliver backing vocals (and to fool around with the FTB members *g*). A perfect and most amazing end to a great gig!

Setlist
01. Sea legs on a train
02. Falling stars
03. Ever
04. Beg steal and borrow
05. Signing off
06. Silver is her colour
07. Nautical miles
08. Mary Magdalene of Kettner Blvd
09. When the sky
10. Bleeding in my arms
11. If I speak

Rating
Music: 9
Performance: 10
Sound: 9
Light: 7
Total: 9