I had just come back from Spain and was really tired but really wanted to see and support the band on this first gig of the year. It was packed. Alex, the keyboard player for the band, he and his wife played a 35min set that just was not the right music for this evening and virtually no one really was paying attention. The volume was just way too low which did not help.
Idiotheque started with an solo acoustic number track by Adriana. It was not really the best way to start on this evening and then into Close your Eyes. Tom had shaved half his beard and half his head (not bald but really short). What a cool and great front man.. Anyway, the lights were cool, great decorations in the venue and cool costumes. The band take the music and show part very serious and that is great. The only thing lacking tonight was the sound. It was at times dreadful (the start) and at times passible but hardly great. No kick drum at all the whole night, so the groove really lacked at times. cymbals and horns were really sharp sounding. Anyway, the band was one on fire and really were tight. A bit too tight for me, I really wish they would give solo parts to the horn players, and keyboard players, not only Dinis, the guitarist, who I think had 4 solos all which were short and very uninspired, I felt. He is a great guitar player but you would never know it from these kind of awkward, not very interesting solos. Pity.. The band played most of what they were playing last year and one or two totally new songs besides the acoustic intro. The band ended with a high energy with Give me More and Space Age! Awesome band…
The set list: ?, Close your Eyes, ?, Mountain Man, Honey, ?, Todos Eguas, Give me More, Space Age
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