Comments on: Fleet Foxes – Shepherds Bush Empire, London 05/11/08

By: Keeprighton

Keeprighton — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:23:44 +0000

Have to agree. Left feeling fairly underwhelmed even though ohers I met seemed to lap it up
I was fortunate enough to be there at both ULU and Hoxton Bar a couple of weeks earlier in front of about 200. These were very special/intimate -hence the disappointment with Shep Bush. It’s normally my fav London venue but for just about the first time here I felt it was too large or at least too large for FF.

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By: Rich Thane

Rich Thane — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:16:03 +0000

thanks for that tom – nice to know that last night was more of a success…

seeing them again this evening in cambridge – which is a really small venue so should be super

By: Tom Raff

Tom Raff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:08:09 +0000

This review just makes me glad I was at last nights show instead (10/11/2008). Josh Tillman was witty and engaging throughout his solo set and that of the foxes..there was a bit of background noise coming from the bars but nothing that really took away from the event.

A hushed reverie that followed gleeful recognition seemed to be the theme for the evening, from the moment that the skulk of foxes emerged for what was a truly breathtaking set. The strength of their catalogue astounds, considering the relative infancy of the group. Every song they perform becomes your ‘favourite’, before being replaced in your affections by the following piece of aural medicine that they administer.

If you have the chance to see the foxes and pass on it, you don’t deserve ears. They talked of buying an island last night and naming it foxlandia, if that ever happens, i’ll be on the first plane via the blue ridge mountains….

By: Rich Thane

Rich Thane — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:34:51 +0000

thanks tom :-)

By: Tom Whyman

Tom Whyman — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:16:09 +0000

Thats a pretty silly comment to make imo- the ONLY way you can review live music in an entertaining way is, you know, to describe it FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. Live music reviewing is pretty tricky generally because you’re reviewing something thats already happened and people who weren’t there can’t actually see again. Therefore it should be more about the experience of seeing the band, not just minutes on what the band did at that specific show. In this case I think the article is very successful because as far as I can tell it successfully conveys Rich’s feelings about the Fleet Foxes live experience from the perspective of this specific show, ie: that they’re a band he loves a great deal but at this gig the audience was rubbish. So yeah.

By: Mohawk

Mohawk — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:33:22 +0000

Sadly true about the constant chat from the audience. You do wonder why some people go to gigs…

Can’t help thinking you’d be happy to talk about yourself all night though Rich Thane. Too much Rich, not enough Fleet in the review for my liking.

By: Rich Thane

Rich Thane — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:06:22 +0000

yeah

it was a bummer for sure.

same thing happened at bon iver’s SBE. when bowerbirds were playing i swear i was standing pretty much at the front and could hardly hear a thing cos of the volume of the crowd noise.

anyhooo – cant dwell on these things. tomorrow will be a whole different story in cambridge im sure of it. cant wait!

By: Simon Gurney

Simon Gurney — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:45:06 +0000

That fucking sucks about the crowd noise.

By: ro

ro — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:57:58 +0000

hmm….it’s not just a london thing rich- it happens the world over- wherever there is hype there are people who don’t actually care about the music but feel they ‘should be there’, regardless of iff it’s good or not.

In all honesty Fleet foxes aren’t one of those bands I can imagine being suited to a really big venue- much more of an intimate thing-very much like Bon Iver….this is the problem with a lot of these bands- intimate and personal acts that would be perfect in a smaller, more intimate venue. Anything over 1000 people and the magic begins to wear off….