A short set - an audience recording of very good quality, some incipient audience chatter but nothing that detracts from the overall enjoyment. All instruments well presented apart from the inaudibility of Mr Spurr. Vocals mostly clear.
It starts with a new one which starts with synth warbles and a rising and falling four note riff and moves into fallabilly type thing with little alternative riff intermissions. No discernable vocals at this stage other than a few gnomic utterances about people not realising whats reflected in the security blokes thingy......and the omnipresent "Good Evening we are The Fall" - twice. This a real grower with a catchy riff and has all the hall marks of a future classic.
Some obvious live mixing going on here as Mark ups Pete in the mix to great effect on "Over, Over". Some really good stuff from Pete tonight with great loose but controlled playing - if you catch my drift. Mark's vocal unfortunately gets lost in the guitar remix. A suitable yobbish "Sparta" is memorable in its length and guitar dominated wall of sound, some significant live mixing and dub experimentation from the mid-point on.
Some significant whammy bar action from Mr Greenway on "My Door" leads to a great loose version which is compelling. Elena gets the volume upgrade on this one. "Fall Sound" has a great insistent guitar figure and Keiron's drumming improves gig by gig as he grows into his role in the band.
Mark has a moan about technicians as Elena starts her feature piece. This has a real seventies feel to it tonight.
What about us?" appears to have an initial Mark solo in it - which is a unique occurence and perhaps reflecting the plan to foreshorten the set by three numbers. Marks vocal is fairly low in the mix at the start but soon picks up. A half-hearted attempt to start "White Lightning" stops immediately and the band exit having performed for about 41 minutes.
Short, sweet and a little sloppy in places but great to hear the newest version of the band getting into its stride.
Thanks to Toby and Mark for their continued efforts and sharing with the band's supporters.