the show was high on the douche-o-meter. during the xx, we had a drunk girl and her date behind us who wouldn't shut up. their conversation consisted mostly of them screaming at each other how great the show was. when the missus turned around and asked her to pipe down, ms. drunk proceeded to explain how much she loves the xx, how many times she's seen them, and that if we liked the xx we really needed to check out mogwai 'cause they're totally on the same vibe, man. the missus then asked "if you're such a big fan, why aren't you listening to them perform?". that shut her up for about a minute before she started blah blah blah'ing again. thankfully they left before hot chip.
the floor looked ridiculously packed, but up on the balconies we were relatively comfy.
i'm not particularly impressed with the new album (first half is decent, second half bores me) but it came across better than expected in a live setting. i too would have preferred more of their older more energetic stuff but i came in expecting mostly new material so my expectations were tempered. maybe that's why they were surpassed.
