Faith And The Muse

[annuin]

Saw Faith and the Muse tonight in NYC with Vervain. First time I've seen them in 4 years I think... last time would have been 2000 in the Baroeg in Rotterdam when they toured for their Evidence of Europe tour. At least this time around the club's sound equipment was much much better than the Baroeg.

They still suffered technical difficulties which resulted in Monica singing one ballad accompanied only by Cynthia Coulter on bass. They ended up ad-libbing quite a bit because of some of the problems, but the set was still outstanding nonetheless.

Monica's gorgeous and graceful, and she never ceases to amaze me with her voice and stage presence. She was in top form tonight, as were all the band. Guitarist and violinist John Koviak is a new addition, at least since the last time I saw them play, and a good addition. He's all pointy angles, the quintessential skinny rocker archetype. [shallow] Cynthia's hair colour was amazing [/shallow].

They played for about an hour after handing things over to the dj's. It was hinted at that they might play again later on, but as they started at 11.30pm and their set ended an hour later, and it's a Tuesday, both Tom and I headed out after the (first?) set.

Anyway, much awesomeness... if you get a chance to see them live, definitely don't miss the oppertunity.

Comments

[zpydah.livejournal.com]

i always enjoyed the shows at the Paradiso in a'dam, or even better at paard de troi in den haag.. sheesh even the congresgebouw had better sound, at least for us.. but then again the teddy r. is dear to me heart.. r-dam shows were always cursed for some reason to have technical disasters..

and leiden.. ugh..

[gwen-alarch.livejournal.com]

the have a violinist now? wow! this means i must see them again, soon. last time i saw them was about a year ago at the terra gotha festival in holland. monica was ill (keelontsteking of zoiets) so singing was very hard, probably painful too. but she got on the stage nevertheless, trying to make the best of it. i have seen them five times (the baroeg gig 2000 was my first time) and i certainly wouldn't mind seeing them perform again five more times. or ten. :)

[passercul.livejournal.com]

Oh god. *drips a green puddle of envy on the ground*


I'm going to sit here and grumble about how hardly anyone, much less one of my favourite bands, Ever pops by this side of the world. Again.


(Noooo!)

[darktor.livejournal.com]

You're getting out and about allot latley =)