it's all going to break

OH MY GOD SO GOOD

Support band: No idea what they were called, but they were the most laid-back thing I've ever heard. The lead singer had an emo fringe and looked so perpetually close to tears while singing about how he'd lost his hat or something that I wanted to give him a hug. Quite good, but a strange choice of support!

Musical interlude: the DJ played British Sea Power who I had forgotten about, and which led me to discovering this this morning, which I think I might go to!

Hope of the States: Four guitars, one singer, one drummer, a keyboard, and a bald violinist; a handful of songs from the old album and the EP, rather more from the new album; one boy standing next to me who I think I went to school with (but didn't like well enough to ask) and three scensters trying to mosh to the slow songs (well, ok, ALL the songs). No projections this time, and I don't know how much difference they make. Anyway, the Social is too small a venue to have a band in, nevermind anything like a projection screen. But they were noisy and energetic and played my favourite track three songs in and then Static in the Cities as a (hard-fought) encore, so everything I really wanted was there and the rest was just a lovely noisy bonus.

Eric complained the whole way through the night, and then got me up at 7am this morning to point him in the general direction of a bus stop. He did however bring me money and a CD full of photos so I guess the two things cancel each other out. Thanks kid!