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Performing ‘Great Kings Fall’ for the first time in the UK, the audience were certainly in for a treat. A robust sound of toy guns, beeps and playtime began to fill the Town Hall, as the live performance enhanced the MTO experience a hundred times better than on CD. Leaving fans entranced and transfixed upon each member’s timing and precision to create such a wonderful, incomparable sound, backed up with projective visual beauty. The space age ‘Earth One’ brought a vibrant story of a green to grey world, as the toys swirl into a darker, more serious twist, surrounding the effects of humanity. With slower, hypnotic, deep drum beats, clanging toy sounds and swooping industrial noises, MTO provided a meaningful Earth-changing realisation behind their usual, quirky and fun-filled exterior, revealing a completely different and unique side to the orchestra. Leader Brian Duffy’s humour and constant interaction with his fans gave a homely and warm feeling inside, a notion which is rarely fulfilled when watching live performances, developing a keen relationship and better understanding behind the music itself.