As we keep saying we’ve been working very hard writing new songs, recording and video-ing over the past few months. Yet we still find time to play shows. Amazing. How do we do it?!
We played 2 shows over the past few weeks: Aandklas in Stellenbosch on the 31st of July and ROAR in Observatory this past Friday the 13th.
On Saturday the 31st Adam and I met up to give our beloved pedalboards a bit of a spring clean. While re-velcro-ing a pedal I managed to snip into the index finger of my fretting hand with a pair of scissors. Adam, lovingly supplied me with a plaster. I checked after we’d played to see if it had stopped bleeding. It hadn’t. \m/Metal!
It was nice to be at Stellenbosch again after a very long time. This was our first show at Aandklas (organised by Silent Tendency), which is a pretty cool place (complete with exterior murals of local bands painted on walls and good food). I’d definitely hangout there if I lived closer.
We opened for Versus the Wolf (formerly New Altum) and the Pinkertons who each turned in great performances. The turnout was ok considering Metalfest was taking place next door at Klein Liebertas.
The show was significant in that it was the debut performance of One Antler Stag, one of the new ones. ‘n treffer inderdaad! It seemed to get a pretty good response which was nice.
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Adam and I spent most of Friday the 13th at producer Dirk Hugo’s house doing final overdubs for a song we’ve been recording. It’s always fun twisting knobs, pulling levers and hearing new sounds. More on that later, though (wink).
Later I arrived at ROAR with severe tooth ache. You see, I’ve been putting off having my wisdom teeth removed mainly so that I don’t miss shows while recovering. Lately, tho, it’s becoming more and more difficult to block out the pain in my jaw. Luckily the doctor behind the bar prescribed tequila. And I owe her a debt of gratitude. I was blissfully painless for most of the evening.
Given that it was Friday the 13th and that the names of the bands that playing were The Sleepers, We Set Sail and Tonight We Die, it was deemed appropriate to theme the evening around the original Friday the 13th myth. The date first became associated with bad luck via reports from sailors of the disappearances of ships at sea on this date through the years.
It was nice to see Tonight We Die again. The last time I saw them play was at Observatory Cool Runnings - not Runningz, or Rootz, but Cool Runnings – Yes, that long ago. I was quite fond of that place. It was quite a hub. We played many a good sweaty show there. Anyway, Tonight We Die did a good job of rousing a generous serving of delicious ROAR audience members. It was nice to see a lot of new faces as well as people we hadn’t seen out in ages.
Next on stage was We Set Sail, Adam and Steve’s ‘other’ band. :) Trinity, their trumpeter who was celebrating her recent birthday, donned a ship captain’s hat. I’m glad to say that they are definitely catching on with a lot of people - a lot of dancing and cheering.
By the time we played this were hot and sticky.... in a good way. Marné, We Set Sail guitarist, even joined us on stage for a bit of Restriction.
Now before this turns into a damn gig review I’ll just say that we played our pantses off, that once again we played One Antler Stag and debuted another new one called Tributaries. These 2 songs are particular favourites of mine. So one else seemed to mind them either. Great, I think we made some new fans. Sweet!
If you’d like to see what part of me I damage next, before I reach the stage, come see us at The LMG 40th Issue Party at Zula Bar this Friday the 20th along with Sidecar Fire, We Set Sail and Natasha Meister.
The signal is sent.
Nic out.
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