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Black Country, New Road are the best live band going right now. Seeing one of their shows is like bagging up all the angst, apathy, privilege and anxiety of the last four years and swinging it into a woodchipper. I can only think of early Arcade Fire shows that have blown my mind in the same way. They're loud, clashing, and beautiful all at once. Their serious, deadpan style on stage alienated one or two friends; for me, I'm fully into it. Just please don't make us wait another year and a half for new music!
Thekla is a great venue and it was packed for this show. Unfortunately it didn't meet expectations - lack of interaction with the audience, lack of sound check and lots of feedback made BCNR look as if they were playing at school concert. Really hope they can polish their performance as when they got it right it was brilliant! Just too much of a rollercoaster performance for me...