[kj] Roundhouse

[Neil Perry]

Had a great night out, good to see those I did see - Mr Tibbits and I
parked out ourselves out back at the Monarch,
got to say hi to Colesy, Frank Jenkinson of KJ Photo Book fame, in fact I
think there was quite a class of 1979
mini-gathering going on there at one point, and had an amusing walk from
pub to venue in the company of
Laughing Chris - Jamie sorry I didn't find you, pints next time... and
Antoni at the end.

So, full disclosure, Pylon doesn't do it for me. I don't like it. Probably
haven't been left this cold by a
KJ release since Democracy. I like four songs - Euphoria, New Jerusalem,
Big Buzz and Delete - but none
of them were played.
Having said that, the energy level was immense - some of the new stuff
works live in terms of sheer power,
the band are fully fired up and I haven't seen them this committed for some
years. Those of you waiting in the US,
I think (hope) you are in for a treat.
As for the sound... I've long since given up expecting a good sound at a KJ
show, anything more is a bonus.
I took a friend who's heard me going on about KJ for many years, this was
her first gig, and for
the first half she was looking at me with a 'what the fuck?' expression. We
were up in the balcony
and the sound was horrible, about 70% big booming drums and 30% thrashy
mess, although Jaz's vocals
were clear. Then with Requiem someone presumably remembered to press a
button - everything cleared up,
and the sound was great. After 36 years, I've given up wondering why they
can't get their fecking live sound
sorted.
As for the oldies, it's just personal isn't it? I hate Eighties and never
want to hear it again, but Wardance was
a sight and sound to behold, likewise Change, LLB and Pandemonium. The
performance of Pssyche was
stunning (even though they managed to screw up the sound level for BP's
last verse). I came away as usual
believing that this is the greatest song ever written. It more than made up
for having to sit through Asteroid.

And my enjoyment of Turn To Red was in no way spoiled by Jaz banging on
about bloody chemtrails in the intro ;-)

N

On 7 November 2015 at 17:47, 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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