#but yes - I'm very keen to see them again in a slightly more intimate venue with better acoustics than an open-air park

[glorious-blackout]

You went to the show last night?? How was it? Did you have a good time? 💕

Honestly, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to but that's entirely a Me Problem; the band themselves were terrific and my sister and best friend had an amazing time. I've just been constantly busy since Thursday and have barely recovered from Friday's Muse gig as it is, so by the time the gig started I really was mentally flagging and not feeling great. It was like I could feel my brain actively refusing to make serotonin whenever a song I loved came on 😅

We were in a bad spot during the first half as well where the sound wasn't great and the crowd was fairly packed in and rowdy so I couldn't really hear or see anything properly. We started heading further back after Fluorescent Adolescent which was the best decision we made because the sound was so much better and we could finally see the stage and the screens clearly. Thankfully that meant I got to hear all of the songs from The Car properly and they all sounded gorgeous, Body Paint and Sculptures especially (Alex was such an adorable goof during the outro to Body Paint, I love him so much) 💖

I did leave the gig wanting to see them again, but preferably in a smaller venue and definitely not after I've been on-the-go with very little sleep for four days straight... I was beating myself up last night for not feeling the gig as much as I wanted to but I feel a bit better about it this morning. Honestly the fact that they played Sculptures of Anything Goes made up for everything else - they could have come onstage, played Sculptures and then immediately left and I'd still have been happy 😁

#we'd actually considered just staying near the back before The Hives came on because we had a decent view there #I wish we'd done that because the atmosphere was better and I'd have been able to hear Ritz and Four Out of Five properly #(though the latter still sounded fab even where we were) #it also became very clear that there's a bit of dissonance between the songs I love and the songs the crowd are obsessed with 😅 #but people seemed to really get into the new songs as well which was lovely to see #wish the boys would realise that and include more than five TBHC/The Car songs on the setlist but oh well - what we got sounded wonderful #also my god the frontman of The Hives is annoying 😂 #Alex's carefree silliness was such a breath of fresh air after their set #but yes - I'm very keen to see them again in a slightly more intimate venue with better acoustics than an open-air park #preferably not mere days after I've just seen my absolute favourite band live and ruined my voice in the process #that really did put AM at a disadvantage 😅 #Arctic Monkeys #my gig