Always find it weird that I saw Kawabata Makoto solo and with his other band Mainliner (who when I saw them had apparently rarely played outside of Japan?) before seeing Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. play! Now the fourth time seeing them, would have been the fifth but missed when they played the Lubberfiend. This time it's a bit different as they are joined by original member Cotton Casino on synth and vocals.
Openers Sister Ray Davies are a two piece shoegaze band from Alabama. Strangely their debut album is called Holy Island and actually references the Holy Island that isn't two far up the Northumbrian coast, one of their tracks is even called Lindisfarne (Holy Island's other name.) Singer did explain that when he toured with a previous band they cam down and went over to Holy Island and really enjoyed it! Their set was pretty decent, a mix of ambient and shoegazey tunes, kinda wish I picked up their CD now.
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Think this is the best I've seen Acid Mothers Temple play, as always solid 90+ minutes of absolute class psych/space rock and I liked seeing Cotton play as it deff seemed to add a bit extra especially when they played Pink Lady Lemonade to close the set. Enjoyed being part of the gig when Kawabata put his guitar into the crowd for us to add a bit of noise!
Also the first time I never picked anything up from the AMT merch table, which was very hard as they normally have a load of stuff I don't have! Had to restrain myself due to a dentist appointment coming up which may be pricey due to a chipped wisdom tooth!
Was good to see some mates I hadn't seen for years too! Also a bloke whose name I didn't catch who had came with his son who has autism and according to the bloke decided he wanted to go to gigs, pretty cool and both him and his son have seen some class bands together!
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