it was better than the black cat show because the sound was a lot better, people weren't talking through the whole thing and it was smoke free. tracyanne just is the way she is. have you listened to the lyrics to her songs? she's not a bright, bubbly person and if she acted that way then it would make either her behavior or the songs seem dishonest. personally i find it charming and think she's just the most adorable thing in the world. that stretch in the middle when they played all the upbeat songs was very good, a few of them lose a bit without the backing vocals or string flourishes, but they pulled it all off well enough. they play the kind of music that makes it almost impossible to deliver a revelatory show, but they did what they do as well as they could, if that makes sense.
the essex green were b-o-r-i-n-g. decent enough records, but a real yawner last night.
