Accompanying Mike, we went to see 'Explosions In The Sky'from Austin, Texas who were supportet by 'Gravenhurst' at the London Astoria on 19 April 2007.

Before that we had dinner at 'Miso's' HOT!!! but yummay.

Entrance was at 6:30pm and we arrived at about 8pm or so. The ladies had a special 'line' at the doors (you know, where they search your bags etc) "Bodysearch Darling!!!!" Ow. O_o

We went upstairs to have a better view and better air and oh...more space. The stage was set but nothing happened. It felt like ages before finally a guy came on-stage who started fiddleing with the e-guitar. I was annoyed cos I thought it was the technician guy who was testing the instruments and sounds etc. but nooooo it was 'Gravenhurst'! Ahhhhh! 3 guys who looked like college geeks or the roadies...you choose.



The songs were alright, singing was lame and the show itself wasn't very exciting, but the drummer was mad! I couldn't stop watching him! Awesome!

Then they finished, took their instruments with them and after a few minutes 4 other guys came onstage. It was 'EITS' and yeah...they set up their own stuff with a little help from the roadies (or whoever those people were). Then they started.



Well, what can I say:

Music Quality: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Show: Non-existent
Special Effect: Great
Singing: Non-existent
Excitement Factor: 0-1

It was good music but it was unfortunately boring to watch. I dunno, I'm a visual-type and I need to see things so when I'm staring at 4 guys playing their instruments then that's exciting for about 1 or 2 songs. Btw...it was one long song. No real breaks in between (which isn't bad but when everything sounds alike then you sort of lose track)
The last song was the best one. It also featured the special effect. You can say:

Nomen est Omen

The Marshall Amp "exploded".
(Pop up..it's the top part of the amp) It made some interesting sounds and then started to emit smoke.. A funny change. Looks like that's it said the guy who had caused it. Ah.

That wasn't the only problem though. The bassist lost his cable 3 times and whilst dealing with that he lost his bass due to a belt failure. Aww.

Hm..so I guess the whole thing was interesting to see and hear but I prefer this type of music on my Mp3 player or Stereo or so...in the car, in bed or in the bath..somewhere where I can relax to it and where my mind can drift away..

Sigur Rós btw play similar gigs BUT with the big difference of providing visual "feedback". And singing..