Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Big Pink - Wednesday, April 25th

Ok, so make that 5 shows in 7 days. But I'll get to how I ended up at the Houston House of Blues later.

Last Wednesday the UK invasion continued and we headed over to Brighton Music Hall to check out The Big Pink. Neither Sid nor I knew a ton about the band, but from their singles ("Dominos" and "Stay Gold") and a couple of listens to their albums ("A Brief History of Love" and "Future This"), we decided to take the not-too-risky risk of checking out their show.

We were both a little surprised when we entered the venue and found about 50 people around the periphery of the hall, vaguely bopping their heads to the opening band. Not only was the number of people in attendance a surprise, but also the make-up of The Big Pink's fans: they were....eclectic. Next to us were three teenagers with X's on their hands (i.e., not legal to drink) and one of them also wore a wedding band. We were happy to see our favorite fellow fan of Scottish and British bands, who I affectionately call Gramps, there with his lady friend. Gramps has been front and center at previous Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks shows, belying his 50 (60?) or so years. I managed to get a blurry cell phone pic:


The Big Pink didn't seem to mind the tiny crowd, or the fact that this was the last stop on what I'm sure was a draining tour. Although Robbie Furze, the lead singer, was great, my favorite performer was the female drummer. Girlfriend looked a little bit like Blossom, and had the 90's hairstyle and enormous headphones to match. She was awesome.


Nome sayin??

The other main member of the band is Milo, a dude in a hoodie who was over in the shadows playing with knobs for an hour (pictured with Mr. Furze below).  As for the music, it's upbeat, bouncy, and a little electronic, which is all great in my book. What's not to love? 




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