[kj] Roundhouse

[Phil Tofield]

Went with my mate Ben, who isn't a massive kj fan, but he does like Jah
Wobble and we got into the venue just before Wobble came on stage. Id never
seen him live before. Brilliant support act for killing joke, very
entertaining and the crowd seemed appreciative.

I must admit, Ive fallen out of love with killing joke in recent years.
Cant say that the last few albums have really done much for me, apart from
the odd couple of songs here and there. My initial reaction to the new
album was much the same. However, ive been listening to it a lot while
driving about for work and its really grown on me. Some of the tracks which
I initially rejected have now become firm favourites. Into the Unknown for
one. Live, this was the highlight of my night. Disappointed they didn't
play Delete, which is definitely the best on the album in my opinion.
Exorcism was fantastic, also Fall of  Because and Madness, but I don't
think anyone would be too disappointed if they dropped Asteroid from the
set entirely.

We were standing just inside the ring of pillars and the sound there wasn't
too bad actually. Big Paul sounded immense, vocals were clear, Geordie
could have been a little higher in the mix but you could still hear what he
was doing, Youth was just a rumble though. Not the best sound but Ive heard
them sounding a lot worse.

Bumped into Antoni outside for a brief chat then headed back to Bens place
just off Holloway Road, where we proceeded to get right royally shit-faced
and I finally crashed out on the floor about 4 o'clock. Got up the next day
to find not one, but TWO parking tickets on my car! 130 fucking quid!

Oh well, we still had a great night

On 7 November 2015 at 16:47, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
wrote:

> So, the setlist:
>
> The Wait
> Autonomous Zone
> The Fall of Because
> Eighties
> Beautiful Dead
> I Am the Virus
> Exorcism
> Change
> Money Is Not Our God
> Requiem
> Dawn of The Hive
> Panopticon
> Wardance
> Into The Unknown
> Asteroid
> Pssyche
>
> Encore:
> Turn To Red
> Madness
> Love Like Blood
> Pandemonium
>
> I was seated upstairs - front seat, great view, but still slightly sad not
> to be getting sweaty and battered down the front.
>
> The track I was most looking forward to, based on recent setlists, was
> Delete, so it was a bit galling that they dropped it... on the other hand,
> several less-recent numbers were absolute stormers, so overall no
> complaints!  Particularly good ones for me were:
>
> Fall of Because (the first KJ track that really grabbed me, all those
> years ago)
> Eighties
> Beautiful Dead
> I am the Virus
> Change
> Pssyche
>
> Contrary to expectations, I rather enjoyed Wardance and Pandemonium.  The
> former certainly got a large section of the crowd going.
>
> The sound was a bit disappointing.  Too loud, I thought, and Geordie's
> guitar didn't really come through in all its glory.  Especially
> disappointing for LLB, which lives and dies on the guitar.
>
> Best thing was probably having such a great view of the whole band, all
> the way back to Big Paul.  He was absolutely pounding those drums...
> fearsome energy all the way through.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jamie
>
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