Kids In Glass Houses - Carling Stage

Hotly tipped as one of the most promising bands to come out of Wales in the last few years, Kids in Glass Houses had never been to the Reading Festival before, let alone played it. So heading to the festival for the first time must have seem like a daunting occasion for the South Wales band who have enjoyed success playing various venues in Cardiff.

They have said in the past they are concerned with writing catchy tracks and this is something they demonstrated with their performance in the Carling tent today.

Still unsigned, the Caerphilly band have already played alongside the Manic Street Preachers and the Lostprophets.  It can be understood then that some of the influence from these other Welsh greats has rubbed off on this band.

Telling festival goers that this was undoubtedly the best gig they have ever done (and who could blame them), the band played tracks with catchy choruses and tunes which have a New Found Glory or Pavement sound to them. 

The huge fan base the band already has thanks to MySpace was evident when front man Aled Phillips handed Raise Hell over to the crowd.  Of course, they finished this track superbly. But why wouldn’t they? This is a band which has generated a huge amount of respect from fans and who are as determined to promote and follow them to their eventual and well deserved success.

Signing off with the hugely popular Me, Me, Me, Kids in Glass Houses left a lasting impression and succeeded in grabbing their audience where other lesser-known bands might have failed.

David Ricketts