I'm not exactly a Neutral Milk novice, having seen Jeff Mangum play at the ATP festival but this is the first time that I've seen him play with the band that created his legend. The tickets sold out within seconds and the Barras was packed with lucky fans.
Support was supplied by Francis McKee of the Vaselines who played a selection of new material before battering out 'Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam' with Eugene Kelly.
The main event kicked off at 915 with Mangum taking the stage alone and starting 'the king of carrot flowers' before being joined by the rest of the band. They assaulted the songs with a loose punky fury that was a good bit louder than the recorded versions from 'in the aeroplane over the sea'. 'Holland, 1945' was deployed as a quick follow up.
The band played material from all of their recorded output. This wasn't a strict reading of the classic album. I've been listening to NMH for many years and they played a couple of songs that I'm not too familiar with.
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(first released until this title, later became known as 'The Penny Arcade in California')
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The crowd seemed to really enjoy the show although there was a clear rush for the toilet/bar during less familiar songs. It was a great night of psychedelic punk noise and I'm glad I was there. I may have preferred the Mangum solo readings at ATP but this was very very good.
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