Show Me The Body bring ‘Body War’ to a pop-up show in London’s Gillett Square

Amongst the countless over-gentrified areas that make up an increasingly piecemeal East London, a few pockets still exist that truly feel like areas of real community. Gillett Square is one of those precious spaces – packed full of skateboarders, hula-hoopers, street dancers and local vendors, it’s a safe haven for creative expression, just metres from Dalston’s increasingly under threat Kingsland Road heartbeat.

A sense of occasion lingers in the air long before Show Me The Body take to the paving. As crowds trickle in from the various alleyways that feed into the square, eager fans share the floor with those whose interested has been piqued by an ever-swelling hype – regardless of the factors that have brought the throng here this evening, though, the band are in their element. As opener ‘Aspirin’ cuts through the hubbub of an inner city evening, it slices like a knife. From there on out, it’s all guns blazing under a steadily setting sun.