Thursday 13 January 2011

Glasvegas


Went along to Troon last night to see Glasvegas on their tour of Scotland's (ahem) lesser known music capitals. I was dying to hear there new tunes, I have been a fan of the band for a while, long before I became friends with James and the rest of the band, and before we had the secret gig in our shop, a highlight of owning We Love To Boogie. 


Biker Jacket - We Love To Boogie
T-shirt - Vintage Westwood at We Love To Boogie
Belt - Rodeo Winners Belt at We Love To Boogie
Jeans - Allsaints
Shoes - Paul Smith
Ring - Mario Silver at We Love To Boogie


The new songs were a surprise, darker than the stuff from the last album. Missing where the chantable choruses, and wailing openings, that so please the crowd. While trying to place the new sound I kept coming back to Nirvana, the guitar heavy tracks, grunge sounding vocals, this may be due to a lack of a better reference point, but its what occurred to me. One song stood out; 'Euphoria', it had the crowd bouncing up and down and felt like an old school Glasvegas gig. 

Glasvegas are a must see live band, they perform so well live, and their songs come alive with the 'wall of sound' that the band, particularly with their new drummer, create when they are playing tight and at their best. They are songs that are made to be chanted back by the crowd, and the lyrics and vocal style somehow suit being shouted football terrace style. 

Thank you to the band for a good night.


Biker Jacket - We Love To Boogie
Dress - vintage at We Love To Boogie
Belt - vintage military at We Love To Boogie
Bag - Jaegar
Shoes - Office

2 comments:

  1. was already liking your blog and then I found the glasvegas bit(!) really great to read a first hand account from one of those scottish gigs
    would loved to have been there .... really liked this bit you wrote

    'They are songs that are made to be chanted back by the crowd, and the lyrics and vocal style somehow suit being shouted football terrace style'

    in my review of EUPHORIA that is something that I mentioned about one specific part of that song

    http://edgeindustrialphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/heartbreak-im-not-holding-your-hand.html

    must have been very interesting hearing the songs in a live context for the first time - I liked how EUPHORIA was a standout even when it was still
    brand new - I think it's going to be THE song from now on

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  2. Yeah I think Euphoria will be a stand out track for the new album, thanks for the comment, I will check out your blog

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