Lush at QMC, October 11, 1991, photos by Alastair Indge of SelectLUSH plays Mile End, London at Queens Mary College, the third and eastern leg in their North-South-East-West four-nighter tour of London, part of the Black Spring tour. They are joined by bands Spirea X and Rockinbirds.
A review in Select magazine declares that "Right from the first song the harmonies were dead centre and the guitars were in your bedroom making tracks for your pillow. Hey! They can play!" in reference to how far they had improved and tightened up as a live band.On the new "exciting" songs (just released on the Black Spring ep and their up-coming first full-length album) the reviewer adds "...the excellence of those songs proves that The Year of Living Drunkenly was not entirely wasted." No explanation needed for that reference ;)
According to Neil of Neil's Lush Video Page, a video recording was made of the show. He has listed the night's set list as follows:
LUSH - 11.10.1991
SETLIST
- Stray
- Bitter
- Breeze
- Laura
- God's Gift
- Scarlet
- Ocean
- Nothing Natural
- For Love
- Covert
- De-Luxe
- Downer
- Sweetness And Light
- Monochrome
- Leaves Me Cold
PS. I always especially love pics of Miki with her Gibson ES-335 Sunburst, like the shot above. Besides the obvious influence it imparted to Lush's sound - the instrument has a sweet, acoustic tone, and is one of the most versatile guitars you can find - it's perhaps the prettiest axe of the 12-string arsenal.
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