A real event, this one; a gig at Swindon College! And a "real" popular Indie band as well in the House Of Love! I'd seen them a couple of months ago but hey, it's in Swindon! Met up with friends and had a couple of beers in the Beehive before getting into a packed and heaving College (wow, is this really Swindon?) in time to ignore the support band in favour of the bar! Everybody I knew, pretty much, was here tonight; this kind of thing should happen more often!
As for House Of Love themselves, they took the stage, led by vocalist and ET lookalike Guy Chadwick, to a new number, and then played a stunning set of hard-edged guitar pop. Traces of early 80's stuff like the Bunnymen, Joy Division etc., but that just proves their good taste as well. The shimmering, moody "Christine" and encore "Hope" were highlights of another fine House Of Love set. Also, I hung around afterwards and helped pack up, for some reason...
It was a very exciting evening for me. Just seeing a brilliant band at its peak in my hometown and former place of study in the early 80s. I sat my A levels in this room! I’m sure they played Destroy The Heart but perhaps my memory is fuzzy and incorrect! rog X
ReplyDeleteMaybe they did it as an encore Rog... I made a note that they did "Hope" in the encore and that wasn't on the set-list...
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