Band: The British IBM
Venue: The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Date: 08/05/2012
Audience: Handful of people, enthusiastic enough
Set: Cannibal, Pain In My Heart, Animal, Sugar Water, The British IBM, Make It Happen, 3 Years, Not Your Day, Guns, Washing Machine
Notes: Headline slot on a rainy Tuesday evening in a venue we've all played at lots of time before. Don't get me wrong, I like the Portland a lot - the sound is usually pretty good there (and Will, who did our sound again last night, is a top bloke who always gets it right) but this just felt slightly demoralising. It's a long old evening when you're the headline band with three support slots, and we played pretty much to the main support (the excellent Feeds - who were an out of town band but still stayed for the whole evening to watch us, we appreciated this) and Dave's housemate. It was annoying because we played really well, it was the first time that the actual British IBM set started to flow properly alongside the old Aidy stuff we've been gigging for a while, and these new songs really are pretty strong. Not being arrogant, but we're in good shape as a band; we're well rehearsed, we're sharp, this is the best we've been and I can't wait to get on the road and start playing this set to new crowds. As for last night, it was all very nice, but - as we often feel about Cambridge gigs, what is the point?
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