You can feel the reverb dripping from the axe of Toy’s lead guitarist Dominic O’Dair when the quintet is in full flow in front of a crowd. This echoing, slightly hazy quality defines the group as a live act and sets them apart from others in their niche. When the group first started touring, the Horrors were vastly influential to them, they even went on tour with the band in 2011. You can certainly see the effect that group has had on Toy, as plenty of shoegaze elements came to the fore on their self-titled debut album back in 2012, which achieved critical acclaim. They have certainly taken that momentum into a live setting, and they look even more comfortable as their sound continues to progress with new track “As we turn”, which the band play to perfection; swirling the crowd into a frenzy as the song spirals to its cathartic conclusion. However, as displayed on 2013’s “Join The Dots”, Toy can do subdued. When they tap into some of their moodier material, tracks such as “To A Death Unknown” or the gentle melancholia of “Frozen Atmosphere”, lead singer Tom Dougall brings a perfect balance to the fuzzy energy underpinning a lot of the set. Toy’s real strength in concert is the equilibrium between calm and chaos that they create, keeping the audience wrapped up in the mood of it all whilst delivering all the gusto that they can possibly muster. When it comes to mixing melody with mood, atmosphere with adrenaline, you cannot go far wrong with Toy.
Nelly
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