Gig Review: Friday 11th August - Planet Angel

 
We'd all been looking forward to this one for a while, and were especially curious as to whether the set-up on a flight of stairs was going to work out or whether the drumkit would avalanche from the top during the set and take out the rest of the band on the way down. We were glad it didn't.

The Planet Angel crowd was always going to be an amazing one... and they were.. the best we've had so far I believe. The room packed out and the fact that we turned the air-conditioning off because the unit was dripping on our electronic equipment only added to the atmosphere (and the disgusting state of shirts afterwards). It may be a while before we top this one, and I'm beaming just thinking about the vibe in there.

A fantastic gig was matched by an eventful journey home. We weren't sure whether the police pulled us over because Paul kept clipping every other kerb or because our vehicle looks like it's violating the Highway Code in at least 3 ways at any given time. Perhaps it was the van itself trying to get their attention - exacting karmic revenge due to Paul having backed it into a gate earlier in the trip (making a nice new scratch/dent and ripping off a handle). We certainly weren't speeding anyway, our van doesn't do that.

During a pleasant chit-chat with the police officers in which they correctly identified a couple (but not all) of the less-than-legal issues with our vehicle, we got to know them a bit better, but unfortunately, not enough to get asked back to the station for coffee by the cute one. Sigh. We had to make do with pointing them to our website for details of our upcoming shows.