You Me At Six: 2

It's a chilly October evening in the windswept coastal town of Margate, and the swarms of teenage Josh Franceschi fans flow towards the Winter Garden's venue where tonight's concert is being held. For a small town in Kent, the queue grows thick and fast, and fans are even let into the venue to queue earlier than scheduled in order to try and warm them up a little before they all freeze half to death.

The first support act, Lower Than Atlantis, obviously have a decent following here tonight as the crowd gives them a fabulously warm reception and many are singing the words to songs such as Deadliest Catch which, in particular, gets everyone pumped. They end their set on a cover of the Foo Fighter's classic The Pretender, and everyone seems to be fully prepared to tear Margate apart tonight.

Unfortunately, Deaf Havana do not seem to be able to follow up Lower Than Atlantis' successful beginning of the evening. Although they clearly also have some fans in the audience who enjoy their set and sing along to songs such as Friends Like These, they do not seem to create the same sense of energy and enthusiasm throughout the crowd and do not live up the hype that surrounded them before their set this evening. What a shame.

However, the stars of the night certainly manage to pull it out of the bag. You Me At Six may not be embarking on their main tour for their incredible new album Sinners Never Sleep. They may be very excited about beginning their tour in America in the next few days. They may not have expected much from the tiny town of Margate, as Josh later admits. Despite this, they still give 100% into their performance and try to make it enjoyable for every member of the audience, and this much is apparent from the passion and life that they inject into the night. New songs from Sinners Never Sleep, such as Loverboy and Bite My Tongue, are very well received for an album that has been released less than a week ago, and Josh proves that he doesn't need his friend Oli Sykes to scream for him- he does a perfectly good job of it on his own. The real fanatic screaming starts as the opening riff of Save it For the Bedroom blasts out, and continues for the rest of the night, heightening through songs such as Stay With Me and Contagious Chemistry, and hushing to a harmonious sing-along throughout Fireworks.

I remember seeing YM@6 last December at the Hammersmith Apollo, and that night they put on a pretty good show with a great set-list. However, watching them again tonight, I have realised just how much they have grown as band after recording Sinners Never Sleep, as their performance has improved amazingly. All in all, it is one of the most exciting nights that Margate will probably experience for a while to come.