Even though Belgian band Das Pop was the support act for Alphabeat that night, they got a really good reception from the crowd. I’ve known about this band for a long time, and I was surprised to see that they’re playing so many relatively large gigs overseas now. It was obvious that most people came just to see Alphabeat that night, ranging from old people reliving their youth to young children, but all of them seemed to genuinely enjoy the happy tunes of Das Pop. In a sold out basement of the union the band got the audience to dance
and clap along to their new songs such as ‘Underground’ and ‘Try Again’. It gets even better though; when singer Bent asked if they would come see the band again at their gig in February, the audience loudly cheered yes. Which I guess is the most positive reception you can get as band – not only does the crowd like your show, they even want to see you again!Das Pop - unlike
Alphabeat in my opinion - were the only band that night that seemed to make really enjoyable pop music without it becoming too cheesy or annoying. Also as a live band there really is nothing bad that can be said about them, even the vocals sounded like they should. During the last song of their set ‘Can’t get enough’ they asked the whole audience to sing along to it, which most of them actually did. The band enjoyed it, the audience enjoyed it, I enjoyed it, so all in all a successful evening! And hey if you didn’t like the music at least the bearded dungarees-wearing guitarist and dancing singer were fun to watch.Review and images by Saskia van der Velde
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