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Language Of Us All
// 22nd October
My ears were ringing so loud that this morning it woke me up.
Last night I saw The Cat Empire put on a show. The first thing you notice about these guys is that they absolutely love making music. They just want to move. Even the drummer, who started off with his head down (as you would, drumming looks like hard work) had a huge grin on his face by the end of the night. Each song was strung out over five minutes, some more, but it never got boring. One keyboard-intense song went on for over ten minutes, and I was sure the poor guy at the Korg was gonna have his fingers drop off. You got the feeling they didn’t want to ever end a song – they loved it. This could explain why they’ve been touring pretty much non-stop for the last twelve months.
A fantatsic show. At one stage the second vocalist slash trumpet player said, “Hey, let’s listen to some bass.”, and the speaker stack that I was leaning on, which was bigger than my car, nearly blew my shoulder off. By the end my ears were ringing so much I couldn’t see.
The support act was a Melbourne band called Scatterbox. They were halfway between the sound of The Cat Empire and the swinging big band jazz of Jimmy Styles and the Easy Company. They only had one brass instrument, but the lead had this cool style of beatboxing, where she would come in with backing trumpet, trombone, or sax sounds.
Yesterday I was finally mailed Antiskeptic’s More Than Kind 5” single. It has a new track, First Time Out as a B-side. It sounds pretty much like all the rest of Antiskeptic’s stuff, that is, awesome.
Oh, and I picked up The Cat Empire’s album from the gig. So excuse me while I dance like Felix.
6 Comments on “Language Of Us All”
xd nice to hear you had so much fun
October 22nd
Oh.. i am so jealous… cat empire are brilliant!!
October 22nd
my right ear is still ringing 2 days after it… is that bad?
October 23rd
alright… stop what you’re doing now tristan start a band and learn to play. you know you want to.
October 23rd
Jig~: Don’t worry, mine are too.
Michael: You’re right, I do want to. unfortunately I have no talent :-(.
October 23rd
Lack of talent hasn’t stopped me..
October 23rd