(Black) Magic In The Air
A great gig last night, thanks to Jarvis Cocker, who gave us the best melodies from his debut album, plus the slightly more muscular 70s glam rock and disco episodes from this year’s Steve Albini produced ‘Further Complications
Jarvis gave it everything, stack-heeled stomps, melodramatic flourishes, furious vogue-ing, and paced it perfectly. If you’ve never seen him in the flesh, you should. The band served up the scuzzy new tunes aided by a plethora of vintage guitars.. more Burnses, Danelectros and Voxes than you could shake a stick at plus, of course, a white Gibson SG three pickup (if you’re going to do glam rock, do it with one of those). Long-time Cocker associate Steve Mackey from Pulp fuzzed it up nicely on bass.
Just about a perfect gig. Shame on those wimps who couldn’t face the jaw-dropping feedback wig-out at the end of ‘You’re In My Eyes’.. you missed ‘Running The World’: more fool you.
What a performer.
Setlist: Angela / Further Complications / Leftovers / Slush / Big Julie / Never Said I Was Deep / Homewrecker / Pilchard / Caucasian Blues / F*ckingsong / Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time / Fat Children / Black Magic / Girls Like It Too (new song!) / You’re In My Eyes / Running The World
If memory serves.