for those of you who dont know, vnv nation is one of my favorite bands in the whole universe. the show last night was pretty awesome. we saw vnv nation with ayria and war tapes.
ayria was good. i have only really listened to debris, but their new stuff isnt too bad. kinda reminds me of nitzer ebb, except with a female vocalist. jennifer is pretty high energy and does a good show.
i wasnt too into war tapes, but i think that was just because i was in a more ebm/industrial mood. they are a bit more traditional. some of the songs sounded heavily cure and smiths influenced. they did a cover of love me by love and rockets which was pretty cool.
and of course, vnv nation was fucking awesome. ronan was down in the crowd during ayrias performance. he was chatting with people and came up to me, grabbed my shoulder, and asked me if i was having a good time. i love how into the fans he is. he had hurt his leg in portland, but still managed to move pretty well. we were about one row back from the stage, awesome view. they played a pretty good set, a good mix of old and new including joy, legion, darkangel, illusion, sentinel, etc. they played solitary, which i thought was awesome, as well as standing and precipice. ronan talked quite a bit. someone threw a bra on the stage, and he made some clever jokes. unfortunately we had to leave after the first encore (they do two), my beautiful beth had to go to work early.
on our way home, some guy on the bus asked if we were christians. i couldnt figure out why he asked til we got home and saw that the tshirt that i bought at the show that beth was wearing had the title of the cd on it, of faith power and glory. i guess that does sound a little christian. i like the new album, i think it is much better than their last one, judgement. so i have a couple pics and vids. they are pretty bad as i took them on my blackberry. the bass really drowns out everything, and we were right next to the speakers. so, imagine the appropriate songs with the videos.
solitary…
standing…
ronan with the bra…
