Biffier than thou

Given the length of time it's actually been since the band played live, they were startingly tight - obviously all that practice before tours start (check out the Zane Lowe interview) pays off. The new material sounds rather good - particular interest comes in the form of 'Get fucked, Stud', and 'Semi-Mental', the two that I picked up on and got really into while they were being played - it's always a sign of a good song when you're trying to sing along on first listen.

There were a great many comments that the other, previously unheard song (Love has a diameter) sounded like Arcade Fire - I can't really comment on it, but it did have a nice sort of gallopy feel to it. Overall, the sound was as spot on as I've heard it, and the performance was pretty flawless. The band tend to vary quite a lot in terms of passion and technical performance live, but it was good to see that this was up there on both scores. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the new stuff next week at Tuts!

Setlist:

This is the setlist as originally specified:

And this is the setlist played...

Some Kind of Wizard
Convex Concave
asexual Meat Kitchen
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Eradicate The Doubt
The Ideal Height
Get Fucked, Stud
My Recovery Injection
Wave upon Wave Upon Wave
Love has a Diameter
A Man of His Appalling Posture
Semi-mental
Questions and Answer
Glitter and Trauma
Stress on the Sky
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No Such Man As Crasp
There's No Such thing as a Jaggy Snake