last night I had a dream
Updating this thing can seem like such a chore sometimes, even if all I have to post is happy stuff.
Saw The Rapture on Tuesday night - just me and Red, heading into town after agreeing that even though we'd taken the next day off work, it didn't feel like a big night out - we were too tired, didn't feel glamorous enough. But slowly, the adrenaline started to kick in, and with it, the excitement. By the time we were sitting on the floor of the oddly-deserted upstairs bar (which resembled a dance studio, and is easily Heaven's biggest selling point as a concert venue, because 90% of the punters are clearly too clueless to locate it, making it a great place to retreat from shit support bands and enjoy some breathing space), it had become a very pleasant night out - and then the between-acts DJ dropped 'Light Ya Ass On Fire' followed by 'Pump It Up, and I was ready, and then on they came.
I don't really have time for a full review, but I'll just say that it was a great gig, one that couldn't be marred even by the occasionally over-talkative or drug-fucked members of the audience. I think The Rapture clearly have the potential to become one of those bands that a smallish group of people invest a lot in - because they write songs which manage to pull off the trick of commenting on the things which they also sound like or serve as the soundtrack to - that is to say, the highs and lows of a life that flits between nocturnal hedonism and almost existential melancholy/loneliness ('Olio', 'Sister Saviour'), or the unnerving simplicitly of being in love, even if you're a jaded 21st century young thing ('Open Up Your Heart', 'Love Is All'). In this respect, they remind me of - and I swear I'll be the only person who ever says this, EVER - Pulp, the Pulp of 'F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.' or 'Monday Morning'.
The highlight of the gig is when they segue from 'Killing' into 'Sister Saviour', like on the album, and the crowd, recognising the track, start singing the "hey-ey-yeah-ah!" bit in advance. This obviously tickles the band so much that Jenner drops it in as a call-and-response during both 'I Need Your Love' and 'House Of Jealous Lovers'. It's one of those moments that makes you realise a band has found its fans, and that a bunch of people have found their band. Which is something I can't explain if it doesn't already make sense to you, but no matter how many times I've seen it happen before, it's still exciting.
Oh, and they're also obviously really sweet guys. Awww.
Updating this thing can seem like such a chore sometimes, even if all I have to post is happy stuff.
Saw The Rapture on Tuesday night - just me and Red, heading into town after agreeing that even though we'd taken the next day off work, it didn't feel like a big night out - we were too tired, didn't feel glamorous enough. But slowly, the adrenaline started to kick in, and with it, the excitement. By the time we were sitting on the floor of the oddly-deserted upstairs bar (which resembled a dance studio, and is easily Heaven's biggest selling point as a concert venue, because 90% of the punters are clearly too clueless to locate it, making it a great place to retreat from shit support bands and enjoy some breathing space), it had become a very pleasant night out - and then the between-acts DJ dropped 'Light Ya Ass On Fire' followed by 'Pump It Up, and I was ready, and then on they came.
I don't really have time for a full review, but I'll just say that it was a great gig, one that couldn't be marred even by the occasionally over-talkative or drug-fucked members of the audience. I think The Rapture clearly have the potential to become one of those bands that a smallish group of people invest a lot in - because they write songs which manage to pull off the trick of commenting on the things which they also sound like or serve as the soundtrack to - that is to say, the highs and lows of a life that flits between nocturnal hedonism and almost existential melancholy/loneliness ('Olio', 'Sister Saviour'), or the unnerving simplicitly of being in love, even if you're a jaded 21st century young thing ('Open Up Your Heart', 'Love Is All'). In this respect, they remind me of - and I swear I'll be the only person who ever says this, EVER - Pulp, the Pulp of 'F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.' or 'Monday Morning'.
The highlight of the gig is when they segue from 'Killing' into 'Sister Saviour', like on the album, and the crowd, recognising the track, start singing the "hey-ey-yeah-ah!" bit in advance. This obviously tickles the band so much that Jenner drops it in as a call-and-response during both 'I Need Your Love' and 'House Of Jealous Lovers'. It's one of those moments that makes you realise a band has found its fans, and that a bunch of people have found their band. Which is something I can't explain if it doesn't already make sense to you, but no matter how many times I've seen it happen before, it's still exciting.
Oh, and they're also obviously really sweet guys. Awww.
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