Anyway, last night was brilliant; definitely one of the best shows I've seen them do. The stage show was not as over-the-top insane as their last show at Koko a few years back, but compared with other 'indie' bands...well, there's no comparison really. Men in fish-with-gasmasks outfits, men in full-body spandex suits (wearing gas masks) etc etc...it was proper WTF show. The band were on good form, with Kevin swigging champagne from the bottle on stage and going into the crowd on multiple occasions. And they played a good mix of new and old songs (The Party's Crashing Us, She's A Rejecter, Heimdalsgate..., For our Elegant Caste, Coquet Coquette to name a few), which was nice since I haven't listened to False Priest yet. And the encore song was 'The Past Is A Grotesque Animal' in all its ten-minute glory. Just completely awesome.
As usual there was alot of 'photards' in the audience, so I'm sure the internet is full of terrible pictures from the show. I didn't bring my camera, but did take a couple of terrible blurry phone pictures myself. Yup.
Hey! I had to think why I didn't like them so much at Shepherd's Bush. I just remember the crowd really putting me off. It happens some times. Still, a crap Of Montreal show is still alot better than most other bands ever do. Koko in 2007 is probably my favorite show tho. I was right in the middle of a massive Of Montreal obsession, (it has taken me five years for any other artists to come even near in my last.fm stats) and it was the first time I saw them.
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