LAMB!!!

[luceluna]

i'm seeing them tomorrow!!! YAY FOR ME!!!

*jumps around*

;D

[just a girl]

have fun!!!!  ;D  ;D

[luceluna]

that was the most amazing, magical night... its beauty was almost inconceivable. fuck.

i cried. i didn't think i would, but i couldn't stop... it just welled up until i was sobbing through the second half of Gorecki. that song... well, obviously i don't have to explain its power... but my soul found that song - FOUND it - three nights ago, and has been haunted constantly ever since. now that it holds personal meaning, it is earth-shattering.

the crowd! fuck! we ROCKED! the energy was so spiritually intense... all that flowing electricity! and we journeyed through emotions as if they were water... the sheer eroticism of B-Line: woooo! ... the driving force of Gold... the rawness of Scratch Bass... the bliss of Gabriel... the burning star of emotion that made up Gorecki... it was mindblowing.

i managed to meet andy and lou afterwards, and made a fool of myself, of course. gave them each a CD i'd made, mumbled a few words and exchanged two unbelievable smiles... they are stunning. in every fucking sense of the word. wow.

*bouncing off the ceiling*

WOOOO! yayaya!

[luceluna]

just realised that my review totally doesn't do the gig justice. at one point andy got the entire crowd to meditate together, and the energy was unbelievable. no-one at that concert will ever forget it.

i posted about it on the lamb board and andy replied! woo! reading through all the posts on the lamb board has made me realise how universal the magic was on tuesday night - i just can't articulate it.

anyway, enough gushing ...  ;D

[Rala]

I was going to see them, but I couldn't afford it   Now I am even more upset that I didn't get tix! argh..

On that point of money..anyone feel like lending me six grand or so??

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rala  ;D

[dirtgirl]

I CRY

crushes me

like a certain

Awesome

Cool Crazy Kid   8)  ;D

[luceluna]

I Cry is luverly


here's a review i wrote (i had to tone down my rabid adoration in the interests of "journalistic impartiality", but you get the idea )



LAMB: live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney
April 12, 2002

Lamb are an oft-misunderstood band. Known by some as "That girl with the weird voice," sneered at by others as a cheap imitation of Portishead, they’ve really never been the centre of attention. They’ve soldiered on regardless, though, and tonight, 3 000 people are glad they did.  In the packed Enmore, all eyes are on stage: the husky charisma of Lou Rhodes (vocals) and the exuberant energy of Andy Barlow (knob twiddling, keys) has taken over. Already massaged by hours of chilled beats and breaks courtesy of support DJ Kid Kenobi, a cornucopia of Sydney’s most extravagant and hip know they’re in for a treat from the first plaintive note of Rhodes’ red wine voice.

"We’ve waited so long to come here," Rhodes purrs, and the crowd feel all fuzzy inside, as luscious stabs of double bass reverberate. Lamb have brought a full band with them, and the energy of three extra stage-players is fierce. A blind eye is turned to Andy’s soocer-hooligan yelling into his mic at less-than-appropriate intervals: he’s having fun, and that’s all that matters. Besides, his audio manipulation (accompanied tonight by a stunning, psychedelic backdrop of manipulated live visuals) are definitive proof that there’s more to Lamb than grinning enthusiasm.

By the time Lamb return for their first encore, the buzzing audience is wet from sweat and tears (Lou delivered a stunningly emotional rendition of their new release, Gabriel, moments earlier). As the opening chords of Gorecki  their mid-nineties ambient classic  fill the room, a majestic hush falls. Perhaps it’s the bout of spontaneous meditation Andy just led us in that is allowing the music to resonate so deeply, or maybe it’s the look on Lou’s face, illuminated by the camera and hanging from the wall behind her. Gorecki seeps into the air and I count a dozen people around me sobbing. No wonder Lamb aren’t too worried about their reputation.

[ScaryDan]

luceluna said:

a cornucopia of Sydney’s most extravagant and hip

extravagant and hip??!? then what was I doing there!?

[luceluna]

extravagant and hip? then what was I doing there!?

only you can answer that one, dan