On tour With: Invisions

So while out on the road in July with Faultlines I ended up shooting the headliners Invisions. This is a collection of those shots and a quick little video made for them. On the tour they were promoting for the release of there latest album 'Never Nothing', each night they had the crowd moving and causing havoc with there beefy guitar chugs and powerful vocal lines. They are out on tour at the moment, check them out if they are in a city near you. Enjoy the shots.

- Charlie Bluck

On tour with FAULTLINES Part 4

Day Four: Derby, Sitwell Tavern

The fourth and final day of the tour, sad times. And how else to end an awesome tour, but a good old-fashioned floor show in a pub-like venue on a Sunday of course. The boys smashed it, and I even got up to do some cheeky guest vocals (yes I can hold a tune and scream). The great thing about this gig was it was cramped close and intimate for the people there. The best way to be in a small venue. Overall the tour was great, first time going on the road with a band as a photographer and deffo could do it more often. the Faultlines boys were awesome and if you get a chance to go watch them I would deffo recommend. Check out the pictures below and the snippet. Hope you have enjoyed the tour photos, and if you have any enquiries regarding gig or tours drop me a line on my contact page.

Blog post to come with all the Invisions shots from the tour.

- Charlie Bluck

On tour with FAULTLINES Part 3

Day Three: Leeds, Temple of Boom

After the Hull show smashing it out the park, we all knew that the Leeds date was gonna be even better. Faultlines home town, so we knew it was gonna be packed, and exactly that happened. Originally was supposed to be in the smaller room, but due to ticket sales got upgraded to the main room. The boys played unreal, by this point I knew every part of their set word for word, and shameless to say if you looked over at me I was probably singing to myself. Limited angles for shots, it is a closed stage except for the front, and one point in the set I was crouched behind the guitar amp and drums, wouldn't recommend it. Lots of smoke and front of house lighting made crowd visibility in the photos very low. As always the Faultlines lighting rig brought the atmosphere, great crowd response and an all round solid show., Packed out venue, loads of great people. Went onto Key Club for the after party, which left us a bit worse for wear Sunday morning. Next stop Derby.

- Charlie Bluck

On tour with FAULTLINES Part 1

So anyone who knows me knows that my other passion from photography is music. I'm in a band called Delayed Departure (Plug Plug Plug!) And I'm always looking for ways of merging my two passions together. And this was a perfect way. Since photographing gig's, I have always wanted to go on tour with a band as a photographer.

I got a message from my good friend Chris from FAULTLINES asking me to hit the road with the boys across Birmingham, Hull, Leeds and Derby. Of course, I was gonna say yes. The tour as a whole was awesome and was what I needed. Love being put on the spot and every venue was different in size and lighting. So this is the first in a series of blogs about the tour.

Day One: Birmingham Subside

I was pretty pumped for the first show of the run. We arrived, loaded in and started setting up. I somehow got roped into helping with merch, because I'm a nice guy obvs. The venue was a long L shaped room, stage one end and then follow down the bar to wrap around to a pool table area. The stage was a few feet off the floor and a medium sized space for the size of the venue. Luckily for me, FAULTLINES have their own lighting rig. And that's one thing I will say if a band has their own lighting rig, synced to their backing track. It makes a massive difference to the atmosphere of the gig and the pictures. Blinders are my favourite for action shots.

With limited space, the boys still put on an energetic show. jumping around the stage, hopping in the crowd and kicking off the tour with a bang. It was very tight to get as many different angles for drummer shots but that's down to space. Whenever Ryan jumped into the crowd I'd move quickly to shoot a few of Sie.

As well as Photos, I was shooting clips of video throughout the set to do a montage of the night each day while out on the road. See the video of the night below with the photos under as well. All in all a big start to the run of shows. Next stop Hull.

- Charlie Bluck