Anyone got a kazoo?
Sleephouse's extended summer holiday is almost over and I'll be back with a new issue in the near future. Here's a little something to keep you going until then.
Climbing gingerly on the back of the beast of hyperbole, last night I was fortunate enough to witness one of the best gigs I've ever seen in my short little life. It was I'm From Barcelona's debut London show and it was an absolute belter. I guarantee that unless you are a complete stone-cold-hearted bastard there is no way that you will leave their show without a smile on your face.
To the alarming operatic strains of Freddy Mercury's and Montserrat Caballé's 'Barcelona' I'm From Barcelona took to the stage in hail of enthusiasm, confetti and balloons and they just didn't stop until the whole of the audience was either on stage dancing or completely swept away in a tsunami of grinning good vibes. I can honestly say that I've never seen so many hearts melt and faces beam in my entire life.
Here's two songs from last night's performance.
'Chicken Pox'
'Collection of Stamps'
I'm From Barcelona have a few more shows in England coming up in the near future. Here they are:
Friday 15th September @ How Does It Feel To Be Loved?, Jamm, London
Saturday 16th September @ Rough Trade Shop, Covent Garden, London
Sunday 17 September @ The End of The Road Festival
You really need to see this band, and don't forget to bring your kazoo!
Buy their album too. Here's my review of it for Playlouder.com:
I'm From Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends (Mute)
Climbing gingerly on the back of the beast of hyperbole, last night I was fortunate enough to witness one of the best gigs I've ever seen in my short little life. It was I'm From Barcelona's debut London show and it was an absolute belter. I guarantee that unless you are a complete stone-cold-hearted bastard there is no way that you will leave their show without a smile on your face.
To the alarming operatic strains of Freddy Mercury's and Montserrat Caballé's 'Barcelona' I'm From Barcelona took to the stage in hail of enthusiasm, confetti and balloons and they just didn't stop until the whole of the audience was either on stage dancing or completely swept away in a tsunami of grinning good vibes. I can honestly say that I've never seen so many hearts melt and faces beam in my entire life.
Here's two songs from last night's performance.
'Chicken Pox'
'Collection of Stamps'
I'm From Barcelona have a few more shows in England coming up in the near future. Here they are:
Friday 15th September @ How Does It Feel To Be Loved?, Jamm, London
Saturday 16th September @ Rough Trade Shop, Covent Garden, London
Sunday 17 September @ The End of The Road Festival
You really need to see this band, and don't forget to bring your kazoo!
Buy their album too. Here's my review of it for Playlouder.com:
I'm From Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends (Mute)
posted by Sleephouse Radio at 5:25 AM
1 Comments:
Hey there- ta for the videos on youtube, saw them and then stumbled across your blog at some later point when I'm not tired.
I was one of the three folk who went up with kazoos for Chicken Pox- was amazing. As was their other gigs they played (which we had to see too, a tad bit obsessively!).
I also collected stories from 16 of them, which shall hopefully be on my 'blog' thing tomorrow after sleep I reckon.
Hooray for the Barcelona!
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