Happy to see everyone chime in...I echo absolutely everything. 11:35 start time, LOUD as fuck compared to when I saw them 9 years ago. Drab Majesty played (I think) for 30 minutes. Very synth/goth 80's heavy. Sunglasses, blonde wigs, and they've studied from the Gary Newman/Ministry "With Sympathy" era based on the couple songs I saw. What keeps sticking out in my mind is how much Slowdive is picking up where Cocteau Twins left off. I saw them in 1991 on the Heaven or Las Vegas tour, and Saturday's show very much reminded me of how few bands can gracefully execute beauty and distortion and marry them so perfectly. Liz is more of a frontwoman with a presence than Rachel, but there's such a strong sense of Liz's melodic sensibilities and essence that lives on in Slowdive. Makes me happy to see how many Gen Z fans have attached to Slowdive and embraced them not in any retro sense...to me, that makes them feel contemporary and modern. And there were a handful of audience members who NEVER put down their goddamn phones. Is there a special workout regimen that keeps your arms from getting tired in order to do that? WTF.
