The third time we have had the privilege of seeing this brilliant band who were only formed six years ago and then were restricted by lockdowns. They only play early Pink Floyd songs and they play them brilliantly as you would expect given Nick Mason on drums and a stellar line up.
With two great guitarists overlain on the drums, bass and keyboards the sound is if anything even more immersive and exhilarating than the original Floyd line up. After an opener of 'Astronomy domine' and 'Arnold Layne and 'See Emily Play' they launched into a beautiful 'Obscured by Clouds' which definitely set this up as a memorable gig. After an interesting song where they accompianied a restored vocal from Syd himself they then did a version of 'Atom Heart Mother' topped and tailed with'If'. I certainly prefer the guitar based AHM over the original trumpety one and Lee Harris and Gary Kemp were outstanding on this song (as well as during the rest of the gig).
'Set the Controls' eneded the first set and soon up on the second half was 'Fearless', another highlight for me as Guy Pratt on bass and the two guitarists played up a storm. If OBC and AHM were epic then the version of 'Echoes' that completed the second set was ultra epic. What an amazing immersive spectacular tour-de-force this was. First Lee Harris then Gary Kemp were outstanding and through all of it Nick Mason's drumming was studied perfection, never showy but just what was required.
The encore featured another of my favourite Floyd tunes ' One of These Days' and then of course it was time for 'Saucerful of Secrets' to finish the show.
Is it too early to award 'Gig of the Year'?
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