An intimate venue for a outstore for a band this good in support of their latest album, ‘The Last Flight’, just released on the 4th of October. Following on from past albums by focusing on moments in history such as the space race or climbing Everest.
The Last Flight focuses on and musically charts the life and the fateful voyage of Amelia Earhart who disappeared on July 2, 1937 over the Pacific Ocean attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. Through their unique style of melding archive recordings and voice actor read transcripts with their addictive melodie’s they have once again created a soundscape journey that is overall an uplifting celebration that taps into audiences emotions.
The setlist for the night
- Towards the Dawn
- The Fun of It
- The South Atlantic
- Electra
- Arabian Flight
- Monsoons
- A Different Kind Of Love
- Progress
- Night Mail
- Spitfire
- Go!
- Everest
They took to the stage at eight o’clock and delivered an hour of musical excellence, the band, Wrigglesworth, JF Abraham, Mr B and EERA, dressed in shirts and ties with J. Willgoose, Esq. in a full suit and bow tie. The addition of EERA, a Berlin-based Norwegian singer songwriter whose vocals appear on the actual recording was certainly a welcome addition, such a voice! I’m sure this won’t be the last collaboration.
Seven songs from the new album followed, the band taking the audience along with them on the albums journey aided by archive visuals projected behind. From the opener of ‘Towards the Dawn‘ to the upbeat ‘The Fun of It“, ‘Electra’, reminiscent of past hits like ‘Go’ with its optimistic intent, to the darker tones of ‘Monsoons’ and a finality to ‘A Different Kind of Love’. Its was captivating to say the least.
What then followed was five tracks from past albums, much to the audiences obvious pleasure, ‘Progress’ and ‘Night Mail’ setting up a rapturous finish with ‘Spitfire’, ‘Go’ and ‘Everest’. It was joy from start to finish, no bells, no whistles and banter, that wasn’t needed, the music was aloud to speak for itself and speak it did. The visuals projected on the backdrop adding to the experience but not distracting from it.
This is not intended as an album review, just a quick review of the night. But the album as expected is a great listen. Clips from the evening can be seen on our Tik Tok and YouTube, social links are at the top of the page. Gallery below.
