Eyes rolled back, resting on the downpour...
00.21. Just a late night/early morning post-it note, with poor quality camera-phone pictures attached. Submit as evidence please. Now over 24 hrs without sleep and getting those spaced out feelings. Eyes closing and opening. Drifting. What was it? From city centre lodgings to small weegie airport to big big smoke airport to US of A seatac airport to generous car-lift from caroline and her man to lodgings to microbrewery to Chop Suey, and back... All present and correct. And Juan G bought the beers. Opening band (Colonies) so-so, in a shoegazy starting out sort of way. Look forward to their debut. Second band on were... well...
05.00. Well... aye, youse.... wake up. Second band on were the right blend of energetic, funny, passionate, modest. Ah said hello. They said hello back and admired my heroic efforts to see them play when I mentioned I'd just left Glasgow that morning. How many miles? Dedicated a song to this 'weary traveller' which was awfy nice of Scott, but not 'Be less rude' as it goes. Crowd swells, a mosh pit even. As with previous events, current set-list pretty much all the storming new material from latest offering. Closing with 'Keep yourself warm' is always a good idea. 'Poke' was beautiful, hard... 'The twist' sounded fucking awesome. 'Fast blood' made me want to...
05.14. Punch the air, smile and be a Braveheart. Need. To. Give. Up... sleep... Last band on, this lot, were just bizarre. Pish, in fact. A major disappointment. A more jokey, out of time and tune Ben Folds Five in a car crash with Make Model and their redundant pricks. So we just left. Three or four songs was a fair hearing and it just wisnae on. But then how can you hope to follow a 'support act' who make you look like right proper baw bags? We were not alone, the crowd staggered away with us, it seemed.
And so, aye, goodnight, good morning... sounds of Selkirk dancing in your head. All sing, take cover. Tremble. And, aye, I feel like I just died twice but for fuck sakes it was worth it and more. Hello Vancouver, BC.
C.
Thanks Comrade. I'm sure there's loads here who are delighted you got there safely. And personally, I can think of no better way to begin your adventure....
mp3 : Frightened Rabbit - The Greys (live at Urban Outfitters, SxSW Festival) *
6 comments:
Now that is what I call dedication. Glad you got there safely.
Drew
Man's a legend! Get some sleep you tart! x
It was in fact a very very good show. Two beers at the Elysian (IPAs I believe) and two gin and tonics later and Frightened Rabbit rocked... With Colin at my side the band seemed to dedicate half the songs to the "weary traveler".
maybe we'll have to take Colin to some actual local Northwest bands rather than him finding all the Scottish bands playing in Seattle... not that's a bad thing.
Ah bless the boy! Dedication indeedy, and I'm ever so jealous to be so far from Seattle myself. xoxox
Yup, the Comrade is dedicated and legendary, and many of us like Ms Tart are jealous to be so far deom Seattle.
But he's in the good hands of the equally legendary Juan, and no dount we'll all be hearing things about tremendously talented northwest bands over the next 2 months.
frightened rabbit - the most successful band from the scottish borders since...well...dawn of the replicants.
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