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Metronomy Live in New Zealand – October 06

8 October 2009, Murielle @ 5:05 pm
Raising people to the roof used to be a figure of speech for me, but not anymore – when Metronomy had the power on Tuesday to force three people sky high in under an hour, you know you’re witnessing a musical act with the right stuff.

Openers Moron Says What?!?! didn’t leave much to be desired. The set bordered on laziness, and the general mishmash of sounds from the teenaged band was on the wrong side of the line that defines good noise from bad. Lead singer Alessandra’s crowd banter went nowhere, and when snide references to local band Popstrangers were made, a few frowns appeared on faces in the crowd, which should never be the noted achievement of a band’s live act. But despite making the eager beavers in the crowd sweat waiting, for what seemed closer to an hour than it really should have been after Moron Says What?!?! made their departure, Metronomy soon got the anticipating crowd wriggling and squealing with excitement. The four piece outfit fronted by Joseph Mount launched into horde favourites My Heart Rate Rapid, Heartbreaker, and Holiday that had the packed Montecristo room in Auckland surging with energy. The addition of new-ish members Gbenga Adelekan and Anna Prior really strengthened the group’s live show. With a band whose songs are eclectically strong on synths and computer-generated sounds, Anna’s frantic live drumming and the general coolness of Gbenga’s bass added an element of energy similar electronic bands could never compare to. Songs like On The Motorway tied in the live drums well while Metronomy’s synchronised chest-bulb’s seemed to particularly flash to the surge of the crowd during Radio Ladio.

The antics of several roof climbers had Metronomy’s eyes raised skyward as cheeky lads scaled the crowd for a better view, resulting a well-deserved dedication of the last song to “those guys that got up there.” While a friend described the gig as “the shortest concert ever” at little over an hour, the smiles were well plastered upon the faces of the Metronomy faithful. A good gig and a great time was had by all.

Metronomy – Radio Ladio
Metronomy – The End Of You Too
Metronomy – My Heart Rate Rapid

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7 Comments

1. Nick — October 11, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
   
   

   Moron Says What?! were extremely entertaining and I thought they played one of the best sets I’ve seen them play. Popstrangers are no where near as interesting as MSW, their songs drag and they have little to no crowd interaction.




2. Lets pretend this is Joesph Mount — October 16, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
   
   

   I think you’re confused about what exactly you are trying to say. If you were trying to say Moron Says What?! weren’t very good shouldn’t you have said that they had infact “left much to be desired”? I thought they were damn decent for a young teenage pop band. It’s hard to live up to how amazing Metrnonomy are, and youre obviously aware of that.




3. Fergus Waveforms — October 16, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
   
   

   “Openers Moron Says What?!?! didn’t leave much to be desired.”

   So they were satisfactory?




4. Murielle — October 17, 2009 @ 1:17 am
   
   

   To Fergus Waveforms and Joseph Mount

   Thanks for the nit picking. I did indeed mean to say that they left much to be desired. And yes Fergus they were satisfactory, if you find satisfaction in background noise.

   Maybe I witnessed them on an off night, but Mr Nick says they were great, so I won’t argue that fact.

   I just find them… lacking, for want of a better word. That’s all I have to say, really. Good luck and try again.




5. Darren — October 20, 2009 @ 2:01 am
   
   

   “Lead singer Alessandra’s crowd banter went nowhere, and when snide references to local band Popstrangers were made, a few frowns appeared on faces in the crowd, which should never be the noted achievement of a band’s live act”

   it wasn’t a snide comment you douche… she was just saying that nicole from msw had the same haircut as the guitarist from pop strangers… yeesh.
   and that was not fucking lazy. you’re fucking lazy.
   “I just find them… lacking, for want of a better word.That’s all I have to say, really. Good luck and try again.” great writing. if your gonna back up your point at least do it with conviction.




6. Allan — October 21, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
   
   

   I wasn’t there but I do have to defend my writer just a tad. I don’t know what happened at the concert but everyone has a different viewpoint. Murielle is sure taking a lot of flack for something I’d call minor… at least compared to what I’ve written.

   Chill fellas .




7. Abby — October 22, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
   
   

   I attended this event metronomy played and amazing yet short set. I agree with Murielle in that fact that Moron Says What were not exactly on par that night. Lazy might be the wrong word however. it may be more in the fact that we compared their set and crowd pull to metronomy. its still a great piece of writing murielle.

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