overlap

In a repeat of a gig from a few weeeks ago, it turns out I missed out adding here what I wrote elsewhere. Which I've now added below. This one was a better show, on account of great onstage vibes and an interested audience, as well as a setlist that included Maybe, which is a song that doesn't get aired enough, so I'm very happy with that. What makes this more notable is that I spent half an hour before the show chatting with a guy who'd come over from the US for a week of gigs in european capital cities (and Blackpool!), which is a tremendous effort. Quite why anyone would travel that far and then want to waste their time watching The chuffing V*rve is another story, but there's no accounting for taste. If you do ever find this Scott, I hope the rest of your week was as good as tonight's show! Lots of people have their own ideas what Miles Hunt has to offer, based on a rubbish cover version with Vic Reeves, and one monster pop hit. Fair enough, but they're missing an awful lot. The latest material, and what you'll see on tour at the moment is acoustic guitar with fiddle accompaniment, and even in the short support slots on some gigs on this current tour showcase that material a treat. A little over half an hour is just long enough for a handful of tracks of the new(ish) album and a few established classics from the back catalogue - great stuff. Vinny Peculiar, better known to some people as Vinny Reilly of Durutti Column fame, cuts a strange figure. Visually it's Jarvis Cocker chic, with a hint of Russell Mael animation in places. The songs are a little Jarvis-esque, and though I forget the titles, the one about losing a girlfriend to Jesus and the one about Two Fat Lovers do strike the same sort of kitchen sink drama domestic story note that Jarvis hits so easily, albeit from a Mancunian angle rather than the other side of the Pennines. The keyboards make all the difference to the sound, but with a rhythm section of BoneheadOasis and MikeJoyceSmiths it is inevitable there is a Manc flavour to the show. I didn't stay for all of Vinny this time, but Everlasting Teenage Bedroom is a fantastic song.

Labels: gigs, Miles Hunt, Vinny Peculiar