The Corner Hotel, MelbourneThursday 27th August 2009
I couldn't wait to see the Furs play after only recently stumbling across their new album "Face Control" a few months earlier on Triple R. Needless to say they have been on high rotation during every possible aspect of my day to day life ever since. If you haven't heard them yet checkout myspace.com/handsomefurs
For some reason or another I have not been able to get enough of Dan Boeckner's howling vocals and squealing guitar, just as much as I have not been able to get enough of Alexei Perry's drum machine and that hand clap, oh that hand clap! I'm torn, I don't know whether to save up my hard earned dollars to buy a '72 Fender Telecaster Thineline or a Spartan Drum Machine.
Anyways I knew I was going to sleep well after hearing Dan grumble out the first line "Her dress was dark and clean" to my favourite song, Evangeline. You always know your seeing an artist give all they have when you can visibly see the spit flying from their mouths only to hit the eager first rowers and I was just as amused at this sight as I was Alexei's apparent gymnastic ability. They both seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves and be genuinely appreciative of the crowd that had attended. Apparently Dan and band mates have decided to alternate yearly between side projects and their largely successful Indie/Experimental/Other band Wolf Parade, we have that to looked forward to in 2010.
I'll Blog sometime in the near future on Dan Boeckner's Pedals.
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(Pics: Tim O'Connor)
