Support was from Patrick Wolf. Here is a lad, I say lad because he came on wearing what looked like his school uniform, short shorts and everything; who has spent far too much time locked in a room with some Soft Cell records.
He sort of walked the thin line between interesting and crap. Mostly it was interesting. And I say interesting as opposed to good, as I can see that he has potential, but he's not there yet. He'll probably need a couple of albums to settle down.
Arcade Fire on the other hand, sure there were a couple of off notes but mainly all the songs were carried off brilliantly. We weren't sure about the new album, having not had time to really let it sink into our psyches yet. Just as Funeral took several months to take hold of me, until one day I realised I was playing it constantly, I fully expect to find myself listening to Neon Bible on rotation some time soon.
I lost count of what they played or didn't play. There was a lot of Neon Bible, if not all of it, played. Songs of Funeral got the best reception. I think he thought we weren't enjoying ourselves during some of the songs off the new album, we were so quiet taking it all in. When they did Cold Wind you could have heard the tumbleweed go through the crowd.
I built this gig up so much in my mind, that I was a little worried that it might end up all going wrong and them being a disaster. I'd heard rumours of off gigs in the past. But I am pleased to report that we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Even the tall/irritating people who came to stand in front of us just as the Arcade Fire came on couldn't hide the fact they were great.
I can't wait till I get chance to see them again.
I'm off now to listen to them on my ipod. On repeat.
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