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Inara and Greg

Ah just came back from watching semi electronic/jazz/dancey The Bird And The Bee, and wow bloody hell it was good!

Was there early so was right at the front, just a meter away from Inara and her backing singers. What made the band shine was the utter *clarity* of everything. The sound mix was very good, and Inara's voice, oh that sweet sonorous voice, came through more crystal and fine than even the released records. The synths/ keyboards by Greg were amazing too, but a large part of my ' viewtime' were the two lovely backing singers that were probably the closest I could ever get to watching the Pipettes live here, what with their absolutely delightful bababaas that were best heard on " I Hate Camera" and their coordinated dance sways.

Backing vocals Alex Lilly and the pretty-girl-in-green. Both absolute delights to watch.

The overall sense in that small tight space was one of an slightly ethereal floating quality.. with an offhand quirkiness as evidenced by the clothes they wore and especially with Inara's vocals. Retroish.. but not retro, never over the top and always precisely clear. The spontaneity by those on stage were borne out of a sincere familiarity with each other and it was really fun to watch.


and there's the setlist, god bless the zoom function on JS's camera. Note how they alternated between their slower jazzy stuff and more dancey fast numbers. ' Polite Dance Song' was an absolute blast, but ' Fucking Boyfriend' was the most memorable with Inara somehow getting the audience of mostly 20-30s to sing and clap along.

All in all, it was a totally enjoyable and fun gig to be in, and Im really glad to have had caught them. Somewhere at the start they asked, " So where did you hear us from?". Someone said " the internet!" ( yep god bless the net too), and another shouted " grey's anatomy!" to laughter from all. =)

a crazy kick ass beat