Swoon-ing

OK, OK, I promise this is the last Silversun's blog today!

I ordered my copy of their new album - Swoon from good old Amazon, it's already been dispatched, so it should be here this week...expect a review later on this week, when I've given it a good caning!

Silversuns Live Part 5 Setlist

OK here's the set list as far as I could work out:

New song*
Well Thought out Twinkles
New song* (waiting raving falling?)
Little Lovers so Polite
New song* (right in your way)
Future Foe Scenario (brilliant!)
Kissing Families (awesome)
New song* (with a killer riff!)
Lazy Eye (amazing & awesome pedal work!)


*nooo idea what it was called, but always sounding good.

Unfortunately we both had to go (so Maddie to get back to Canterbury) so we missed the last parts of the set - d'oh!!

Silversuns Live Part 4 - The main event

Now we come to the good stuffs - the Silversun Pickups themselves.



I have to say I was properly excited about seeing them live, after how much time I had given over to listening to them & how much of an impact it made on my last year - it's good, happy, feel-good music & very melodic. What was great was that the crowd were all fans & really there to see Silversun's perform live or regulars there to check out a new band.

Their set list (more on that later) was packed with great songs from their EP & album, but sandwiched between these gems were selected tracks from their new album (Swoon, out today from amazon or via iTunes).

They were great, funny & Brian (the lead singer & guitarist) kept playing even when one of his pedals failed. All the songs were similar to the album versions, but there were some good 'live additions' between the song & you could see that they had really nailed down how they were going progress through their set. I decided that I really do want Brian's guitar - it is awesome (Epiphone Sheraton 2 from a previous blog)



Overall rating for the gig would 5* out of 5 - it was a great venue, great crowd, great warm-up band & awesome main act & to top it off I didn't have to sell my kidneys just to get a ticket! I'd give it 6*'s but the parking sucked (£1.50 for 15 minutes 24/7, I think not!!).

Finally, given the chance to see a small & intimate gig like this, with a great band like this again, I would literally jump at the chance & will certainly see them again next time they're within 100 miles of Oxford!!



P.S. Check out Lazy Eye live here

Silversuns Live Part 3 - The Support Act

Before the Silversun Pickups were on the stage, they had their support act - The Joy Formidable.



I would describe them as a little band with a BIG sound. They are a 3-piece setup - female fronted & lead guitarist, a mad bassist (with the volume up proper loud) & a very accomplished drummer.



Their style was similar style to the Silversuns, very melodic & well put together, loads of power chords & distortion.



The bass-lines were loud - a good thing & the vocals were hauntingly beautiful & very different because of the female lead. The bassist also sang & offered really good harmonies to the mix. Overall this band demand to be played loud - it suited their style & pulsing sound.

Finally, they also offered part of their EP/Album as a free download & for those who indulge, here is their myspace page