Ow my head - goddamn Guinness really isn't agreeing with me these days.
So Final Fantasy - I think this was the third gig in as many weeks where I went to a gig with only a bare familiarity with the music that was going to be played. I'd heard maybe 2 or 3 songs by Pallett and having missed him at the Picnic I honestly didn't know what to expect.
First things first, that young fella is ridiculously talented - not having any musical ability in me bones, it was amazing to watch him just build up layers of looping melodies to the extent that it seemed as if he had an entire string section playing around him.
I have to say that I'm a complete geek when it comes to the doohickeys that musicians use at gigs so seeing Pallett switch pedals at a rate of knots as he weaved the various melodies together was fascinating to watch.
In terms of the gig itself I felt that there was a definite lull about halfway through the set. I was amazed by how quiet the crowd was throughout – bordering on the reverential. The problem was that as the set dipped in the middle, I felt that the rapturous applause was based more on the crowd’s adulation of Pallett and his abilities rather than on the quality of the songs.
Having said that, given that this was my first time seeing him play I was blown away by the whole thing - the guy's clearly some kind of genius..... Bastard
Right I'm crawling back under the nearest rock with this poxy hangover
PS I missed the first support act but the second crowd, Miracle Fortress were superb – multiple percussionists ROCK!!
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