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Fraser A Gorman Setlist
Tour Dates
10/12/15 Kung Fu Necktie (Philadelphia)
10/13/15 CMJ (New York) 10/14/15 CMJ (New York) 10/15/15 CMJ (New York) 10/16/15 CMJ (New York) 10/17/15 CMJ (New York) Read More
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Australian singer/songwriter Fraser A. Gorman is on his U.S. debut promotional tour for his debut album Slow Gum (House Anxiety / Marathon Artists). His journey took him to the 7th Street Entry last night, and will end in New York's CMJ Music Festival (College Music Journal).
Local Sleep Study, the UK-influenced "retro power pop" band (currently it looks like a trio), warmed up the show. Joining them on drums was not their regular drummer, as introduced by singer/guitarist Ryan Plewacki.
Highlight of their set was a rather faithful version of Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (which, yes, the aging punk band played on their set last year... and is a song that is dear to our cover lover hearts.)
Sleep Study ended their 40-min set with a song that they called "Party in Here."
"We came all the way from Melbourne to play this gig and I'm glad we did," said Fraser A. Gorman near the start of his set. He seemed to be enjoying himself on his holiday-slash-work promotional United States tour... despite the fact that the airline lost his guitar from Chicago to Minneapolis. He had to rent (or as they called it down under, "hire") a guitar that "matches my outfit."
Everything about Gorman screams #1 Dylan fan, from his looks ("it's the hair, isn't it?"), the way his songs tells little stories, and, of course, the trademark harmonica used on a few of his songs. If you like Bob Dylan, I think you came to the right place.
He wrote some song titles for his setlist, but he actually didn't really follow that closely to it. Some extra songs were added in, some were taken out (notably "Early Morning Night" was listed for the encore, but was not played). Please refer to the actual setlist that we've written out and ignore the photograph's setlist.
A couple of new songs on this set, "Keeping Yer Thin" and "Skyscraper Skyline Blues", the latter is actually pretty good. Gorman dedicated the song to all the skyscraper window cleaners and that "Not enough people talk about them... So this is that song!"
The lone cover song, Wilco's "Passenger Side" was played solo, much the relief of his drummer Andy, who apparently "ate a spicy burger."
By the end of his 45-min set, Gorman tells us that he's learning a whole new American culture. Like the way Chicagoans say "daaamn" to things they like. In Australia they seemed to shorten it to "dam, mate."
Of course, after playing their biggest hit of the night, "Shiny Gun", the song inspired a few fans in the audience to shout out daaaamn.
Sleep Study
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Highlight of their set was a rather faithful version of Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (which, yes, the aging punk band played on their set last year... and is a song that is dear to our cover lover hearts.)
Sleep Study ended their 40-min set with a song that they called "Party in Here."
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Everything about Gorman screams #1 Dylan fan, from his looks ("it's the hair, isn't it?"), the way his songs tells little stories, and, of course, the trademark harmonica used on a few of his songs. If you like Bob Dylan, I think you came to the right place.
Setlist(s)
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A couple of new songs on this set, "Keeping Yer Thin" and "Skyscraper Skyline Blues", the latter is actually pretty good. Gorman dedicated the song to all the skyscraper window cleaners and that "Not enough people talk about them... So this is that song!"
The lone cover song, Wilco's "Passenger Side" was played solo, much the relief of his drummer Andy, who apparently "ate a spicy burger."
By the end of his 45-min set, Gorman tells us that he's learning a whole new American culture. Like the way Chicagoans say "daaamn" to things they like. In Australia they seemed to shorten it to "dam, mate."
Of course, after playing their biggest hit of the night, "Shiny Gun", the song inspired a few fans in the audience to shout out daaaamn.
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Fraser A. Gorman at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (11 October 2015) |
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