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Dream Wife – Audio, Peckham
Not just a new venue for me but a new experience. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Peckham before. I’ve only heard about it on Carter USM records.
Audio is a very smart new venue with a lot of split levels, which means a lot of places to stand and get a good view.
Dream Wife were showcasing new material from their 2nd album, So When You Gonna … which was to come out six months later.
The songs sounded great live … but I honestly found the album itself a little bit disappointing and not as good as their self-titled debut. The production didn’t seem quite right for me – I can’t put my finger on the exact problem, but it didn’t sound 90s enough like the first album did. Showing my age!
That last picture was taken by someone else and not me. I’m lurking in the shadows somewhere …
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Setlist:
- Hey Heartbreaker
- So When U Gonna Kiss Me
- Fire
- Hasta la Vista
- Cheap Thrills
- Somebody
- Kids
- Sports (first live play)
- Conga Line
- F.U.U. (long version)
- Let’s Make Out
Encore:
- So When U Gonna Kiss Me (yes, again)
Thursday 23 January 2020, 161 views
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Gigs index
- Hybrid Kid – Shortts Bar, Brighton
- Speakeasy Vol 1 – Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
- S*M*A*S*H, The Astronauts – Club 85, Hitchin
- Thousand Yard Stare, The Shop Window – Academy 2, Islington
- Bugeye – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Powerhaus, Camden
- Sea Power – Esquires, Bedford
- Salad, Piney Gir – The Lexington, Islington
- Fightmilk, The Spaces – Oast Community Centre, Rainham
- Fightmilk, Gold Baby, Gutts – The Victoria, Dalston
- Genesis – Liverpool Arena
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Utah Saints, Collapsed Lung – Assembly Hall, Islington
- Salad, Maschina, Burnout, Stick In The Wheel – High Tide Festival, Twickenham
- Hybrid Kid, White Dog, Lemur Lemur – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Futureheads, Mt Misery – Esquires, Bedford
- Sea Power – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
- The Primitives, Jetstream Pony – The Lexington, Islington
- Becontree 100: Nova Twins – Parsloes Park, Dagenham
- Abdoujaparov, Big Boy Tomato – The Holroyd Arms, Guildford
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer – Assembly Hall, Islington
- Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
- Republica, All Tomorrow’s Stories, Saint Nevis – The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
- Dream Wife – Audio, Peckham
- Xmas Freak Show – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Jeana – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
- Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
- Darling Buds, Helen Love – The Lexington, Islington
- Salad, Cozy Slippers, Gold Baby, Macadamia Sluts – The Finsbury, Finsbury Park
- Hurtling, Pink Haze, Petrol Boys – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
- Divine Comedy – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Jim Bob, S*M*A*S*H, Midway Still – Esquires, Bedford
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