I arrived at the Beach Road with perfect timing just as British India were walking on stage to start their set. I regretted a little not heading in early for the supports, as I heard later on by punters that one of them was quite good. However, I was in for a show with British India, the crowd was anticipating a fun one, jumping around and moshing within the first seconds of frontman Declan Melia strumming his guitar.

The band begun their set with a song of their latest album. I haven't had a chance to listen to much of the album yet so I wasn't familiar with this one, but standing down the front, it was clearly resonating with the audience. A couple of songs in and the British boys played "Tie Up My Hands", a great crowd singalong was had, and so onto the dance party that was about to begin. "Friends" was next, and there was many a friend in the crowd, these people were dancing on stage, crowd surfing, stage diving..some activities I havent seen take place at the Beach Road before. British India went on to play a good mix of new and old including "Avalance" and "God Is Dead", and by this stage security had made their way to the stage to try and put an end to this crazy bunch of people creating havoc. My personal favourite "Vanilla" was up next, which the band admitted they ripped off the Pixies, probably why I like it so much?

There were a few Splendour attendee's in the audience that had returned for another dose of British India, and were happy to be hearing a return of Beastie Boys original "Fight For Your Right to Party". That one really got the audience going and the hype didnt stop there with newer track "Safari" to follow, one of their more punkish songs, and there was more crowd surfing involved, or maybe more just one guy being held up by 6 other guys for majority of the show.

We were treated to crowd favourite "I Said Im Sorry", then "This Aint No Fucking Disco", where Melia asked (and I quote) "every motherfucker" to sing along. I don't know if I'm allowed to say that. But there you go. After a bit of a singalong, the set ended with "Black and White Radio", overall a satisfactory set by a solid band who never ceases to impress, but I wasn't blown away, at times the band seemed lazy and considering the amount of energy they were getting from the audience I felt it wasn't being relayed back by British India, which was a little disappointing. However, I was most impressed by the skills of guitarist Nic Wilson, and will most definitely be more than happy to go to another British India gig, one slack show won't keep me away.