#90

Fair enough!

#91

Brixton was pretty much full although not quite sold out, no obvious signs of diminished interest that I could see, especially for a Monday night. There were even a couple of brief attempts at crowd surfing, which Ed said was only the second time ever.

#92

De La Warr is a strange venue at the best of times so I don’t read too much into crowd sizes there - always obviously full,of people travelling from Brighton, the day of the week therefore makes a massive difference p. Those who do make it, though are rewarded with an amazing venue and smaller crowds, coupled with the fact that crowds tend to be good as the extra effort required sorts the wheat from the chafe. Have seen some of my best ever gigs there (Yo LaTengo blowing the roof of the venue to about 150 people a very special memory).

Though Grizzly Bear were excellent - new stuff slotted in well, althouhnprobbaly enjoyed the songs with 2 guitarists the most.

Think Grizzly Bear will be fine - as already said they’ll be able to fill next summer with decent size festival slots and will soon therefor be perceived as big as ever.

#93

had a proper trawl through the back catalogue last night while writing ahead of tonight’s show, forgot just how amazing this song is:

think it’s better than Two Weeks personally

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#94

they were awesome tonight (On a Neck in full!!!) but the only disappoint/surprise was no Neighbors?

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#95

Don’t think they’ve been playing it all tour. Shame cause it’s an album highlight imo. They played full version of On A Neck in Brixton too - amazing! And Knife complete with piano outro :heart_eyes:

#96

yes got the knife piano outro too.

Yeah apparently Neighbors has only been played twice, both in the US. Maybe something wasn’t clicking with it but seems a real shame. Mind they’ve always been a band who don’t seem too bothered about writing a song they can’t perfectly replicate live

#98

Mm yeah but a studio session is still a bit different from a live show? Dunno, just seemed odd not to play the lead single!

#99

They played Neigbo(u)rs at Bexhill

#100

nice! Judging by setlist.fm. though that’s a rarity:

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/grizzly-bear-43d69bc7.html?year=2017

#101

listening to this, is quite stripped back compared to the recorded version, as the opening bit of ‘On a Neck, On a Spit’ was so maybe that has something to do with it

#102

It’s their best song - that last section… :ok_hand:

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#103

definitive “best song” is tough given this, Knife, On A Neck, Yet Again all have a fair shout.

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#104

*and Half Gate

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#105

mm, interesting, wouldn’t have considered it until you mentioned it but it is pretty great. I feel though when you get into that territory you start naming all their songs :wink:

#107

whoa

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