Right, where were we last? I believe we were on our way to Glasgow. Wow, what a night that turned into. Ripping show and an even rippinger (?) afterparty. The friendly locals (in particular James Riddell of The Dee Tees, who helped us arrange the whole show) were incredibly accommodating and understand the concept of partying. I think I'll leave most of the finer details of the evening to your imagination but suffice it to say that it left such an impression that all four of us (part time harp player, Kim, included) made it our first priority of the following morning to make a permanent memorial of it by getting ourselves matching tattoos. Despite doing it before consuming coffee, none of us are yet to regret the decision although I think Disco might have chosen somewhere more comfortable than an arse cheek, given the benefit of hindsight, especially after the 34 hour ordeal of our return flights ('nuff said on that too!).
The start of the afterparty...
Here's a photo of Graham's junk. Oh, and the tattoo we all got.
Friday saw us with our first real break in our tour schedule so we drove down to London and attended All Tomorrow's Parties Festival where we witnessed the brilliance of Melvins and Sleep before having our minds completely obliterated by Slayer performing Reign In Blood from start to finish. Fucking brutal!
Now, the original plan was to stay in London somewhere the night of ATP Festival and then play a show on the Saturday night whilst there. However, due to the way we had been received at Liverpool Sound City and the reactions/hype our shows garnered there (I'll get to that soon), we were asked to support our fellow Brisbane exports, DZ Deathrays for a show back in Liverpool. This seemed a far easier task to fulfil since I don't believe we had any real plans regarding accommodation in London, so we drove back for it. Sorry London and those who were planning on coming to see us. The show with DZ Deathrays was seriously kickarse!
Now for the reviews:
Right after we got off stage from our second show (at Screenadelica) on the Saturday of Liverpool Sound City, we were bailed up for 4 separate video interviews. This is the only one we've managed to find online so far:
One of the most amazing and flattering things to be fed back to us from our shows was the fact that a rather well known photographer, Mark McNulty, was really pleased with our stuff and took lots of awesome photos (before heading off the next day to do a shoot with Rolf Harris!). It was great to be mentioned alongside Jackson Firebird (fellow Australians, from Mildura) with whom we hope to be playing more shows later in the year. His review and a few snaps can be found here:
Whilst there, I also managed to play a solo show in the most awe inspiring venue I've ever been in. St Luke's Bombed Out Church is Liverpool's monument to the second world war, serving as a reminder as to how it never bows to anyone (or some shit like that). In any case, it's probably the best place to host live music, provided there is no rain. Someone obviously loved my set and gave it a pretty decent review:
Scousers are known for their honesty and if they like you, they'll tell you. If they don't like you, they'll avoid the topic. There's no middle ground, no pissing in your pockets or inflating your ego with bullshit. What you see is what you get. Local living legend, Peter Guy, was more than willing to tell it how he saw it in this review:
Despite living in one another's pockets in a rather cozy apartment and travelling across the UK in a (only very slightly larger) Ford Focus hire car for 2 weeks, we all survived and still get along. I think it's been a great sampler for things to come and we're already starting to lay plans for either a more thorough return trip or a European adventure. Stay tuned!!!
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