There are times when all it can take is a piece of music to restore every bit of faith I have in humanity.
I was expecting big things from Sigur Ros last night. They are stunning live, the first time I saw them was fully seated in Hammersmith in Feb 2003 and it was breathtaking. I have a recording of the gig and it’s every bit as amazing now as it was then. There is quite simply silence, they finish a song and the audience is held so much that no-one remembers to clap. There are seconds and seconds and seconds before the spell ends and then my god do the crowds roar.
Last night was a little like that. The entire price of admission was worth it for Hafssól. But even before then, it was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. It’s so amazing what a perfect piece of music played live in front of you and a crowd can do.
Even the new songs which are not the easiest thing to have a crowd into at a gig sound so good. I was always going to be excited about the new album but now I’m even more so. This will be an up and into work early so I can hit a music shop along the way.
No other band can make me feel so good, so alive, so happy so easily.
Faith restored. Nothing else matters.