I still go to plenty of gigs of all sorts of bands - in all sorts of venues - and generally make adjustments to expectations. You gotta remember I still play the little festival scene, so sometimes I'm in some little marquee or maybe a basement with three other people watching someone struggling with an old Wasp synthesiser. And, of course, sometimes I'm in some lavish theatre watching something totally different.
The Monochrome Set were on at a lovely venue called The Claptrap, in Stourbridge, where just a few month prior I'd seen a blistering set by Crazyhead, who occasionally reunite for little bursts of frenzied activity. They engaged with the audience straight away and so the audience engaged with them. It was a lovely evening, as a result. Nobody on the stage that evening was checking their flippin' watch.
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