1. tony
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   I am not going to ramble too long. I will say this was as intense a TM performance as I have seen. Kristin is possessed by these songs and performs them like they are new born. Dave drums(dolphins), Bernie grooves(fluidity) & all is right with the world for 75 - 80 minutes.

   We were treated to the solitary Peggy Sue support slot as they are off to New York tomorrow to promote their 2nd album, Acrobats, on Wichita recordings. I say this because they were an unexpectedly great support. Think Warpaint, Sleater-Kinney...... produced by John Parish.

   TM set as follows

   Soul Soldier
   Devil's Roof
   Shimmer
   Start
   Garoux des Larmes
   Speed and Sleep
   Bright Yellow Gun
   Shark
   Mexican Women
   Hazing
   Tar Kissers
   Limbo
   Furious
   Vicky's Box
   Bea
   -
   Pearl
   Mania
   -
   White Bikini Sand

   performed at a blistering pace, barely a breath between songs.

   Expectations met. (tee is cool, flash drive the same)

   Shepherds Bush tomorrow :)

2. tine
   a hopeless addict
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   if someone videotapes White Bikini Sand I will love you forever.

3. tony
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   okay, tine may stalk you, sadly my phone is a bit poo.

   I will see if one of my iphone carrying offspring can manage it

4. tony
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Nearly forgot one of the most important bits, after all our stressing. Good turnout, perhaps 450 - 500 ! Quite a large hall and plenty of room to spare but appreciative, rapturous at times, reception.

   Thank you Bexhill :)

5. Altfish
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Sounds excellent ~ not long to Holmfirth; as my daughter would say "Just two sleeps!"

6. brightyellowboi
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Set list looking great, I'm so pleased the audience is getting bigger. Holmfirth can't come quick enough!

7. superfurry
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Can't sleep too excited.... TM in two days and just found out Hope Sandoval is recording with Mazzy Star again. Album 2012.

8. atomicTheory
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   so pleased for the good crowd

9. The Door
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   That seems a very high estimate to me. I would have said it was lower.

10. BillyO
    Fearful Leader
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    Well...there were 400 tix sold in advance...so 450-500 seems fair.

11. tony
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    I really struggled to guage the audience, bearing in my mind the size of the hall, so I'm amazed I was as accurate as Billy suggests.

    They were more than the sum of their parts though :)

12. nat.hulse
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    The Picturedrome in Holmfirth has a capacity of 500. It is right between two major conurbations, but is a bit off the beaten track, as it were. I live up on a hill not far out of Holmfirth and sometimes it isn't difficult to imagine that I am in the middle of nowhere. To be honest, I couldn't believe it when I found out TM are playing the Picturedrome. Having been a fan since I was 14-15 (33 now) and never having seen the band perform, it just seems bizarre and wonderful that you guys are playing a venue right on my doorstep... In the middle of nowhere... But no, really, the town is well connected, the venue has only become more successful over the past few years... Fingers crossed for a good turnout!

13. The Door
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    Billy, it's great to hear that sales are doing well. Do you know how many advance tickets were sold in London? It was certainly a little more cosy. It is entirely possible that I am losing it with increasing age, but I would have put my house on there being fewer than 400 at Bexhill. I think it's great the band are playing some more out of the way places, just gutted I can't make any more dates. Holmfirth, you'll have a blast. Just hope there's another tour to enjoy soon.

14. Roger
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    Taken me a few days to be able to face reading this thread. Missing the Bexhill gig was very painful for me, but I guess that's the price you pay for emigrating to non-TM-friendly parts of the world (Dubai, in my case).

    I grew up in Bexhill. From age 6 to 18. I even used to work backstage at the De La Warr Pavilion in my summer holidays.

    And then – when I left, went to university and turned 19 – I discovered Throwing Muses, the biggest musical passion of my life.

    So you could say the two both played really big parts in my life, and seeing THEM play THERE would have been an incredibly nostalgic and moving event for me. Absolutely gutted to have been unable to go.

    Glad it went well though, and folk had a good time.

15. Doug Hamilton
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    I just re-read the set list. Those first five songs--my God! I could hardly imagine a more perfect sequence. Since I wasn't there, 'tis bittersweet.

16. Alistair
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #
    

    Roger, I believe we talked about this years ago....
    Was in Bexhill from age 10-19, and returned in the Uni holidays. My first few plays of the debut album were in my bedroom, no more than 50 yards from the DLWP. Was pretty stunned seeing they were to play there, but I was lucky enough to return once more :)

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