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I kind of wished I’d gone on Thursday now, if only to hear a different set

Anyway.. wednesday’s show.

I was surprised at how tight the band was. I expected them to be quite sloppy (though perhaps they lost their focus a bit in mid-set). Maybe it had something to do with Lou and Murph having to virtually relearn the songs, I dunno but they largely stuck very closely to the songs as they are on the records.

They were f***ing loud and just got louder and louder. Near the end I had to move back twenty yards to stop my ears from hurting and actually hear what was going on. The first few songs had about the right balance, and just blew me away. J’s use of effects was spot on, at times he was throwing out a mind-boggling wall of sound. It was great to hear the songs as they were intended, rather than through that muddy production on the early records.

Lou seemed to enjoy himself throughout.. and Murph looked exhausted, which is hardly suprising considering how hard he hits the drums. J got more and more into it as the set went on. Of course, as usual there was plenty of overplaying in the guitar solos, a far cry from the simpler melodic soloing on the early albums – but some moments of magic there for sure.

Stand-out for me: In a Jar was fantastic.. but then all the stuff off the second album was

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