What a night! Thursday saw us play at Pivo Pivo with two excellent bands and a wonderful, supportive crowd. Openers Nespresco played as a trio of drums, piano and guitar and played as if that's how they'd always done it, rather than just had a months notice. They brought along a really decent crowd, and it's not surprising given their talent. Keep an eye out for them, really worth going to see and really decent guys.
We were up next with a 45 minute set which included two new songs. We decided to try a few things out with this gig to make it a bit more of a show, so opened with a jam between Neil and Scott, with the guitars joining in after, leading into '9 Steps'. The first new song of the night was 'First Waltz' and featured our first use of vocal harmonies, which went really well. When it came to playing 'Toucan' we decided to slow it down and funk it up, including some beat-boxing and scat-singing, which the audience responded well to. Our second new song, 'Paper/Weight', was a low tempo number, not quite a ballad though. Again, a good response from the audience. All-in-all we were really pleased with our performance.
Third on the stage were Cyclephante playing on their UK tour. A few of the FE boys have been listening to their album for some time, and to finally see them live was an absolute pleasure. They played all the songs from their 'Peach In Love' debut, and a number of other songs which point towards good things for their second album (recording starts early next year). They even included a cover in the form of QOTSAs 'No One Knows'.
At the end of the night, the bar manager told us it was one of the busiest nights she'd seen at Pivo, so we'd like to give the biggest thanks to all those who came along and supported us and the other bands. A massive thank you to the engineer Nick (one of the best we've worked with) and to Pivo Pivo and Nespresco.
Thank you also to Mauro, Davide, Daniel, David and Andrea for bringing one of Italy's best bands across to the UK after accepting an invite from a local Glasgow band, you couldn't ask to meet nicer gentlemen.
You can find them on Myspace, comment below if you want a copy of their CD.
Our next gig is at Slouch, Bath Street, on December 14th for an MTV Unplugged style show, more details to follow but it's definitely free entry. Thanks again to everyone who supported us last week, hope to see you in December.
Ciao
Egon
