On the 16th December I woke up in the afternoon after a stressful night shift and proceeded to have a brunch-esque meal. I had been so excited about the Moshi Moshi – Wicita Christmas gig I had been squeeing like a little girl whenever people had asked me about my plans for the week. I cycled to the Hoxton Bar & Grill and arrived early at the busy venue, feeling awkward with the large amount of exposure preventing clothing and alone without an option of sitting down or even nustling myself in at a bar I shuffled quietly into back room where the bands were going to be playing to wait for my friends.
Looking around I scouted James Yuill talking at the bar, the Söderberg sisters of First Aid Kit sat in the corner looking like they were at a school dance for a final year, but they had skipped some years and weren’t allowed to drink. I also spotted a middle aged couple who I seemed to be the parents or relatives of the young artists. Mingling about was also the members of Sky Larkin, clad in impressive Christmas costumes.
Slowly as I supped my beer the room filled and while I still waited for my friends First Aid Kit took to the stage. I had high expectations from the teenage duo and these expectations were met and then some. Although I’m still slightly frightened by just how young the two look, there is no doubt that they are talented indeed, it was sweet that they seemed to looking for support from their parents/guardians. They played for far too short for my liking and look forward to the duo coming back again, and if not, I’ve been to Scandinavia before and more than happy to go again, although I will probably wait until it gets a bit warmer.
Slow Club as ever were superb, using Sky Larkin’s instruments for unknown reasons, playing their Christmas single among their other repetoir, the pair were ther usual delightful selves!
Tom arrived as Slow Club began and will talk a bit of the other bands playing that night, which was an excellent way to begin the Christmas period…
Later in the evening I interviewed James Yuill in an inebriated state, and still haven’t listened back to the 18min + of recording, because I’m terrified of what I might have said.
Filed under: Gigs, Christmas!, Embarressment, First Aid Kit, Hoxton Bar, Moshi Moshi, Slow Club, Wichita
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