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Review: Caribou at Motion, Bristol
It seemed like the opening party for Simple Things Festival 2014 was gaining more attention on the ground than the main event this year. It was talked about for ages and sold out weeks before the event, with people desperately seeking tickets so not to miss out on this special gig. And a couple of thousand lucky people didn’t.
While it was dubbed an ‘opening party’, this ended up being about one thing and one thing only – an awesome live set from Caribou. Sound issues plagued support Jessy Lanza’s set, with the bass drowning out her seemingly mouse-like vocals. And despite it being billed as finishing at 1am, as soon as Caribou finished their hour and a half set at midnight, security staff set into action booting everyone out creating a massive bottleneck full of bemused punters. Some party. Whether that warranted the £25 ticket price was questionable for some attendees.
The task of making everyone’s night fell firmly in the lap of Caribou. Dan Snaith and co. kept everyone happy with an incredible light show, framing their catchy melodic hooks and booming soundscapes which created a real buzz in this big breezy venue (which doubles up as a skate park in the daytime).
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Material from the recent album, Our Love, including Your Love Will Set You Free and the heart-on-sleeve Can’t Do Without You, teamed up with an older favourite from 2010‘s Swim, Odessa, which made for a blinding end to the show. Layer on layer of sonic texture built and built into an electronic crescendos which drove your limbs into action, the drumming delivered with so much style and razzamatazz.
After sustained chants of ‘Dan! Dan! Dan!’, Caribou returned for an encore which was all about one song, Sun. Sun continues to be their most well received offering, and it’s easy to see why – sniffs of psychedelia weaved in with hypnotic synth sounds and the obligatory lyric ‘sun sun sun sun…’ (you get the idea) and a simple flashing light show made for a winning formula.
‘Dance music for people who don’t like dance music’, as one vigilant gig-goer dubbed it.
Read our review of the main Simple Things Festival at: b247.staging.proword.press/channel/culture/music/reviews/simple-things-2014
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