This site is hosting a nice recording of a recent Wave Pictures gig, in Vienna – a city close to the Wave Pics’ hearts, as they make clear during the show. As you might expect of a band whose live performances are so reliably perfect, and whose recording method so closely resembles their live show, it’s essentially as good as a studio album (and possibly better than the last two, great though they were). As always, there’s a new studio record just around the corner (and a solo Tattersal LP, too, I gather), and this recording suggests the next LP will be a bit louder and faster than recent efforts. To my delight, there are more lead vocals from Jonny ‘Huddersfield’ Helm, too, although whether that’s a way of mixing things up live or a permanent step, I dunno. Either way, get yourself over to Niko’s blog and download the live set – you won’t regret it. Tracklist below.
Setlist:
01 Strange Fruit For David
02 Seagulls
03 Stay This Way A Little While
04 Canary Wharf
05 Pale Thin Lips
06 Eskimo Kiss
07 Little Surprise
08 Cinnamon Baby
09 A Second Chance (New Song)
10 Strawberry Cables
11 Leave That Scene Behind
12 Jump Through (New Song)
13 Stay Here And Take Care Of The Chickens
14 Intro ….
15 Sleepy Eye
16 We Can Never Go Home Again
17 My Head Got Screwed On Tighter Every Year
18 Encore
19 Roller Coaster By The Sea
20 Walk The Back Stairs Quiet
21 You Ask Too Many Questions
