Really loved Lush last night. Great set...nice alternating between classic shoegaze and blinding almost punk rock. Reminded me of a nice bridge between Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. And Miki's voice sounded incredible. Justin Welch is a top-notch drummer.
I absolutely agree!!! I felt the band displayed their really beautiful stuff quite well and then really great energy during the more driving songs. Totally spot on about moments and songs having a punk rock feel. I heard that back in the day, Superblast would get played rather fast live. (Won't lie, it bums me out that they didn't play that one, but I can understand not playing a song if the entire band doesn't feel it's working.) For me, the show was like you could literally reach out and feel the airiness of the vocals and the grooves in the songs. And when they hit some gnarly grooves, they just killed it. It's weird to describe a concert as dreamy, but it totally was.
On a side note, I got to meet Phil and Miki after the show. Phil was cool. He signed a my set list. And appreciated hearing how I pretty much grew up listening to Lush. Emma came out for a moment. The crowd overwhelmed her, so she went on the bus. i didn't get to talk to her, but she seemed incredibly nice. As for Miki, she was the fucking coolest. I was one of the only gals waiting outside to meet her. (All the dudes who were waiting was kind of funny and odd. A few felt like creepers...It sort of felt like a few were trying to hit on me even...so awkward) We discussed hair styles, guitars, and some music. I'll explain the hair style thing - when I was in my late teens/early 20's, I would tell my hairstylist to make me look like I could've been in a shoegaze band. Seriously, I showed Miki a few pictures of when I had purple and red in my hair. And I was like "Not sure if you know this, but you're a bit of a style icon...at least to me and a few friends." When I showed her the photos, she gave me a hug and was like "brilliant stuff! You definitely look like you could've been in the band!" which then led into the discussion about guitars lol.
