{"id":2496,"date":"2005-07-11T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-11T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-02T10:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:53:42","slug":"sigur-ros-somerset-house-london-11-07-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/2005\/07\/11\/sigur-ros-somerset-house-london-11-07-05\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigur R\u00f3s. Somerset House, London. 11\/07\/05."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sigur R\u00f3s. Somerset House 11\/07\/05.<\/a>
Originally uploaded by davebushe<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n

There are times when all it can take is a piece of music to restore every bit of faith I have in humanity.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Last night was a little like that. The entire price of admission was worth it for Hafss\u00f3l<\/i>. 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

No other band can make me feel so good, so alive, so happy so easily. <\/p>\n

Faith restored. Nothing else matters.
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