I realised it had been seven years and several new albums since we last saw PSB and with front row balcony seats and the excellent sound in the Beacon Hall this was one gig I was really looking forward to.
First up was Halo Maud and she was much better than I expected based on the sample video I had seen. The guitar and drums were dense, the voice was sweet and rose above them and I enjoyed the set.
PSB came on mob handed compared to the first time we saw them as a support act when there were just two of them - now the cast list is eight musicians including a female vocalist (Era) and a trio of horns.
They kicked off with three tracks from their latest album about Amelia Erhart and as expected the videos showing on multiple screens built into a huge aeroplane cockpit structure were superb.
The problem started in the middle of 'The Pit' from the 'Every Valley' album. There was a power cut and the band went off stage. The delay was about 20 minutes I guess and then they started again and managed to complete a couple more tracks from 'Every Valley'
The second power cut occured a couple of tracks into the second segment of 'The Last Flight' songs. Eventually they came back and managed to complete the gig albeit we missed out on four songs and had two cut off midway through.
Delighted that they managed to paly 'Spitfire' without interruption and really enjoyed the space themed songs and the Berlin songs. Actually enjoyed it all and while the flow and build of the gig was degraded the band and the audience handled it well.
Era was a great singer and the drumming from Wrigglesworth was excellent. Very enjoyable despite the difficulties.
Towards the Dawn
Electra
The Fun of It
The Pit - abandoned like the pits!
People Will Always Need Coal
Progress
The South Atlantic
Arabian Flight - abandoned partway through - second power outage
Blue Heaven
Spitfire
Go!
Sputnik
People, Let's Dance
Gagarin
Everest
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