Photos by Kaitlyn Musgrove ; Written by Kaitlyn Musgrove

There’s something about a Boston Manor show that feels like therapy – but the kind where you scream into the void with a few hundred strangers and somehow come out feeling lighter. May 6, 2026 at Brighton Music Hall, the UK band turned the small Allston venue into a pressure cooker of sound. From the second they stepped on stage it was clear they weren’t here to mess around. 

They opened with “ Floodlights on the Square,” a spacey, haunting and strangely comforting way to kick off the night. They shifted to more of a dark, cinematic vibe with songs like “Foxglove” and “Algorithm.” The crowd knew every word, hurling lyrics back at frontman Henry Cox with the kind of full body passion reserved for hometown shows.

In the words of Henry, “encores are cheesy,” so instead of faking an exit they played straight through. They played hard and gave everything they got. No frills, no gimmicks – just a band that clearly loves what they do and a room full of people that needed exactly what they gave.