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Spencer drew a sparse and tired crowd at the intimate Gypsy Avalon
Everybody and his uncle was watching LCD Soundsystem a hundred meters away at the White Stage, but I reckon they were missing out. And I’m not just saying that because I need a hook for a story. I’m saying that because I don’t really like LCD Soundsystem. I thought with a name like “Spencer” it would just be some dude with an acoustic guitar warbling bedroom love songs in a language I don’t understand (that would be Japanese), but I heard the post-rock drumming and twittery electronics and I was like, damn, now I’ma have to get up out my hammock to see what’s going on over there.
Reverb heavy, Sigur Ros slow, repetitive simple acoustic arpeggios, and moody like 2010, I was feeling well relaxed when I had to get up and go to Atoms For Peace after only ten minutes. And I’ll let you in on a secret: the hammock was a little better than Spencer (sorry guys, but I’m sure you understand: it was a hammock), and Spencer was a lot better than Atoms. Seems I did everything backwards. Le sigh…
-Kern
photo by kouji. more here
(And you know you want to see a picture of me in that hammock:
