Friday 2 November 2012

Gig report: The British IBM @ Lyric Lounge, Nottingham

Band: The British IBM
Venue: Studios at Lyric Lounge, Nottingham
Date: 31/10/12
Audience: About five people in the studio itself, but we imagine a lot more when it's broadcast...
Set: Animal, Sugar Water, the British IBM, Cannibal, Is It Too Late To Save Oscar Pike, 3 Years, God's Front Porch
Notes: Traveled up to rainy Nottingham on Wednesday night to play a studio session with Aidy (Dave was unavailable so we did it as an acoustic duo) for Lyric Lounge. Filmed as well as recorded, some really established names have recorded sessions with these guys (notably Muse and Starsailor) and alongside a 40 minute set we were interviewed. Despite the stress of finding the place in horrible wet conditions (my mate Rachel deserves a lot of credit for her navigational genius) it was a hugely enjoyable session - the interview itself was remarkably relaxed and I was happy with the performance. I may have been slightly distracted for a bit of it knowing that the flat I'm renting was flooding a little at the time, but it didn't take long for the music to take over and nice to be playing a set entirely consisting of album songs. Great people, hopefully this looks as good as it felt at the time. Then got more than a bit lost heading home, eventually returning to my very damp flat at 2.30am...

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