Deaf Havana et The Dangerous Summer

This Norfolk based band have been on the rise in recent years, including their first American tour this year. They can pack out huge tents at festivals, with hundreds cramming in to hear their favourite songs, it’s always great to hear so many singing “we’re all fools and worthless liars’ along with lead singer James. This lyric is from my favourite song giving their 2011 album it’s name. Deaf Havana are also able to hold the attention of an audience on the main stage, and of course at their headlining shows with so many fans who’ve been with them from the start. A newer favourite is ‘22’, catchy and fun but with real raw emotion which you can hear even more in the live performances. The great bonus of seeing them live on their own tour is the jokes and stories that come with so many guys being on stage, which in itself is humorous when you see them playing the smaller venues! You do wonder if someone will get pushed off! This band bring together great music and a great sense of reality. These are real guys, living real lives, in the real world. They are not sucked in to the media frenzy and hoping for fame. That is not why they make their music and they won’t let that decide what their music should sound like. They will continue to be the people they were born to be, and that includes bringing us great music!

I remember seeing the Dangerous Summer for the first time in Wolverhampton, supporting Francescqa. Who must have felt like they had a mountain to climb following on from the then un-heard of at the time Maryland outfit.
Confidently waltzing on to the stage at the Borderline, following a cheeky grin and a brief “Hey” from front man AJ Perdomo, they waste no time at all running straight in to “Catholic Girls”. Now one thing you can most certainly count on The Dangerous Summer for is mixing it up and they do just that, throwing in the often set-ending and fan favourite “Where I Want To Be” which has the crowd roaring all through the opening riff.
Guitarists Cody and Matt’s quiet yet confident swagger nicely offsets AJ’s bravado and banter, shown nicely while the crowd demands their instrumental track “Hemingway” and he laughs saying he wishes he could but they have something else they want to play and as he does, Matt jumps in with the intro of an old track off their very first EP “Of Confidence”. The screams from the crowd at this point are deafening, with no one quite knowing what to do with themselves.
The atmosphere of a Dangerous Summer gig is created by a beautiful harmony between the band and the fans and is likely to be an experience that you won’t soon forget.