Caribou
The Montague Arms, New Cross
The chimps had been loving Caribou’s Milk of Human Kindness album, so a last minute gig at our legendary local The Montague Arms was a dream come true. £4 entry, plus £2.50 a pint.
When we got there the band were playing, but that turned out to be a late soundcheck after some technical trouble. When they came back on stage proper, they started their set with a couple of snide remarks about “Captian Wooly Beard” behind the bar blowing their projector, and the sound being “not very good, no low-end” …but they’ll make do. Honorable stuff for sure.
They kicked off the show with a good start, with frantic drumming and guitars, with the opener off the new album. When the vocals kicked in however it became apparent that they were on tape and the singer wasn’t here… It’s safe to assume that the singer might have been on the broken video projector, but even so you shouldn’t have to rely on that kind of technology to hold a show together – particularly when the guitarist at the front of the stage has all the presence of a shop window. A bit more bitching and things quickly fell apart with a lot of chatting in the crowd and a general downer vibe. A shame, as music wise they were totally energetic and great.
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