Belle and Sebastian put on a great show. For sure.
I'm a dick and forgot to get tix and the bitch sold out. My buddy really wanted to go, so he did the craigslist leg-work to get us tix. Devotion. I coulda gone either way, but I'm glad he did the work; it was a fine, fine show.
The new girl in the Pornos doesn't suck. Case's are hard shoes to fill, but I thought she did a pretty good job. Obv she didn't try her hand at anything like Occupant. My only critique is that her voice sounds too polished, too trained. She's obviously had infi voice lessons and it's distracting.
While their show was just fine, it really hammered home what a pile of crap their new album is. Like two or three good songs and then nothing.... gawd, what the hell happened? Romantic and Electric are ridiculous and then they give us this? BLECH.
On the other hand!! The new B & S is insane and it showed at the show. Holy crap do i love this album. Holy crap did they put on a great show. I really enjoyed all the shifting between songs; watching people change instruments, getting into place, interesting. It was a high-energy show. This was their last show in the states and they really could've phoned it in, but they brought it and put on a hell of a show.
Stuart's banter is pretty cheesy, but the cute girls in front of us laughed at every stupid thing he said, so I appreciated all of it. Except for during Sukie when they played like they saw her in the audience. Clearly done at every show, and clearly lame each time. kinda painful.
The show ended with both bands on stage doing a big number of a song that i've heard a million times, but can't fucking for the life of me remember the name... christ... oh... nm.
Fun show. Life Pursuit =
Twin Cinema =
