The Best Party Ever (again)

So, I just got back from seeing The Boy Least Likely To at Cargo in London. In short, an absolutely stonking gig. Here's the long version...

I've never been to Cargo before, but it's one of those tiny backroom venues of which London seems to have hundreds. This one was especially small, but it suited the band's sound perfectly, and it allowed everyone to get close to the band and still bounce around like mad things. While the band was setting up a couple of the members came on stage with armfuls of balloons and started throwing them at the audience - starting off a massive balloon fight that went on well into the set!

When they finally took the stage, they played a healthy mix of stuff off the new album, favourites from the old and a couple of b-sides and a storming cover of faith - "written by some guy a few years ago, but made famous by us!" This one was especially good since the guitarist and drummer seemed in cahoots, and kept hijacking the song to play 'smoke on the water' at every possible opportunity. They seemed to have kicked all the songs up a notch, and even the quiet 'my tiger my heart' was sung faster and with a lot more bite than the album version - I think I prefered the slower version, but it worked really well with every other song on the setlist.

The band seemed to be having a whale of a time up on stage - main dude Jef was bouncing around like a Tigger and one of the lasses had even made cake that she was dolling out to people (and she'd brought a cheese sandwich for herself!) I've been to gigs where the bands don't really seem into thier music or the performance (Athlete during the Tourist tour comes to mind) but this was different - every member of the band seemed to be truely loving being up on stage, and it really came across in thier performance.

So yeah, a fantasic gig from a truely talented band. Loved 'em!

J