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London Grammar Setlist
Until the Ribbon Breaks Setlist
Tour Dates
02/06/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
02/07/15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater 03/05/15 Perth International Arts Festival 03/05/15 Perth, Australia Red Hill Auditorium 03/07/15 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Riverstage 03/09/15 Newtown, Australia Enmore Theatre 03/12/15 Moore Park, Australia Hordern Pavilion 03/14/15 West Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall 07/19/15 Carhaix-Plouguer Les Vieilles Charrues Read More
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“As cool as the other side of the pillow—“
That catchphrase by recently departed ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott could easily be applied to UK electronic-pop trio London Grammar, who returned to Minneapolis and a near-capacity First Avenue, to deliver a stirring and sleek set of new British sounds.
Cardiff, UK’s Until the Ribbon Breaks demonstrated a wide mix of music genres in their 40-min opening set: from cinematic pop to electronic, to rock, to hip hop. The band spent most of the time in near darkness, because of movie projections on a screen behind them but the images enhanced their set, especially during the hip-hop verse portion of ‘Revolution Indifference’, their collaboration with Run the Jewels.
The trio (singer / guitarist Pete Lawrie-Winfield, keyboardist / percussionist James Gordon, and drummer Elliot Wall) was in very good spirits, despite the cold, snowy day. Frontman Lawrie-Winfield addressed the crowded dance floor, "I can tell this is gonna be fun," then when the audience reacted positively to ‘Back To The Stars’, Lawrie-Winfield added, "You guys are amazing! Is it a Tuesday? I don't even know what day it is."
After supporting tours for Lorde and Phantogram in 2013, Until the Ribbon Breaks seems to have built up a nice little fan base in North America. Right before "Pressure", Lawrie-Winfield asked the crowd, "Are you guys excited to see London Grammar?" the response from some girls up front was, "We came to see YOU!" Lawrie-Winfield didn't really know how to react, only to respond with "Now I'm blushing... let's do a song."
The majority of their set was taken from their brand new album A Lesson Unlearnt, which came out January 20th (Kobalt Records), with a couple of b-sides from EP Taste of Silver (Universal/Republic).
After “unavoidable scheduling conflicts” caused a three-month delay in their return appearance to North America and to town, the anticipation was at a high as lights dimmed and shrieks were heard as London Grammar took to the stage for their hour-long headlining set with guitarist Dan Rothman and instrumentalist Dominic 'Dot' Major (keyboard, djembe, drums) emerging first, in the dark amidst a mood-setting instrumental intro.
Vocalist Hannah Reid soon followed, dressed in print pants and a white top that slightly bared her midriff, entering to roaring applause (and a cat call or two) from the crowd.
Rothman and Reid met at university in Nottingham in 2009 and clearly work well musically together, with Rothman’s delicate riffs setting the mood for Reid’s ethereal wails of beguiling range and comforting slight vocal rasp. Major, the multi-instrumentalist, keeps everything grounded and in check, easily gliding to and from keyboards, to everything rhythmic.
The stage was centered by a band backdrop and had nine freestanding lights that framed each member, though the series of back footlights that shone back into the crowd and above Vari-Lites, were used more frequently.
The opening ‘Hey Now’ set the template for the evening- a slow to mid-tempo song with a build that took its time as Reid’s throaty vocal cooing guided the way. ‘Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me’ felt like a delicate first crisp snow of winter, with ‘Shyer’ picking up tempo, but not losing any of the comfort of the band’s sound.
Referring to the “loads of snow” outside, Reid admitted she would probably “stay inside the house” but thanked the crowd for making the effort to see them. Most songs were from their full-length debut, If You Wait (Metal & Dust / Columbia) including ’Flickers’, the first song Rothman and Reid collaborated on in Nottingham, deftly paired in concert with their Disclosure collaboration, ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’.
The trio’s cover of French Electro-clash/House artist Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ (best known from the Ryan Gosling movie, Drive) was playfully re-interpreted as more moody than the original, though no less appropriate to hear during a post-midnight ride in the car. ‘Strong’, an empowering torch song and best known US single, closed the main set with aplomb.
Deviating slightly from the setlist, Reid emerged to start the encore bathed in a stark spotlight, for a stark ‘If You Wait’, the title track of the album, enrapturing the audience with an Annie Lennox-like vocal range and minimalist piano.
“It’s been a wonderful experience touring America”, guitarist Rothman noted before their final song, “it’s like nothing else”. “It makes you fall in love with music all over again”, he mentioned before the band launched into ‘Metal & Dust’, a burning electro-throb anthem with chorus, “We argue, we don't fight, Stay awake in the middle of the night.”
As the crowd filed back out into the frigid winter night, it didn’t seem to matter, as all were already exposed to a different sense of “cool” inside from the performances.
That catchphrase by recently departed ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott could easily be applied to UK electronic-pop trio London Grammar, who returned to Minneapolis and a near-capacity First Avenue, to deliver a stirring and sleek set of new British sounds.
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Until the Ribbon Breaks
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Pete Lawrie-Winfield
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After supporting tours for Lorde and Phantogram in 2013, Until the Ribbon Breaks seems to have built up a nice little fan base in North America. Right before "Pressure", Lawrie-Winfield asked the crowd, "Are you guys excited to see London Grammar?" the response from some girls up front was, "We came to see YOU!" Lawrie-Winfield didn't really know how to react, only to respond with "Now I'm blushing... let's do a song."
The majority of their set was taken from their brand new album A Lesson Unlearnt, which came out January 20th (Kobalt Records), with a couple of b-sides from EP Taste of Silver (Universal/Republic).
After “unavoidable scheduling conflicts” caused a three-month delay in their return appearance to North America and to town, the anticipation was at a high as lights dimmed and shrieks were heard as London Grammar took to the stage for their hour-long headlining set with guitarist Dan Rothman and instrumentalist Dominic 'Dot' Major (keyboard, djembe, drums) emerging first, in the dark amidst a mood-setting instrumental intro.
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Hannah Reid and Dot Major
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Rothman and Reid met at university in Nottingham in 2009 and clearly work well musically together, with Rothman’s delicate riffs setting the mood for Reid’s ethereal wails of beguiling range and comforting slight vocal rasp. Major, the multi-instrumentalist, keeps everything grounded and in check, easily gliding to and from keyboards, to everything rhythmic.
The stage was centered by a band backdrop and had nine freestanding lights that framed each member, though the series of back footlights that shone back into the crowd and above Vari-Lites, were used more frequently.
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Setlist
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Referring to the “loads of snow” outside, Reid admitted she would probably “stay inside the house” but thanked the crowd for making the effort to see them. Most songs were from their full-length debut, If You Wait (Metal & Dust / Columbia) including ’Flickers’, the first song Rothman and Reid collaborated on in Nottingham, deftly paired in concert with their Disclosure collaboration, ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’.
The trio’s cover of French Electro-clash/House artist Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ (best known from the Ryan Gosling movie, Drive) was playfully re-interpreted as more moody than the original, though no less appropriate to hear during a post-midnight ride in the car. ‘Strong’, an empowering torch song and best known US single, closed the main set with aplomb.
Deviating slightly from the setlist, Reid emerged to start the encore bathed in a stark spotlight, for a stark ‘If You Wait’, the title track of the album, enrapturing the audience with an Annie Lennox-like vocal range and minimalist piano.
“It’s been a wonderful experience touring America”, guitarist Rothman noted before their final song, “it’s like nothing else”. “It makes you fall in love with music all over again”, he mentioned before the band launched into ‘Metal & Dust’, a burning electro-throb anthem with chorus, “We argue, we don't fight, Stay awake in the middle of the night.”
As the crowd filed back out into the frigid winter night, it didn’t seem to matter, as all were already exposed to a different sense of “cool” inside from the performances.
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London Grammar at First Avenue, Minneapolis (03 Feb 2015) |
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