Relentless Garage
11 December 2009
I have a half-baked theory that the hipper the gig, the taller the crowd, so it was all too predictable that for most of the set I could see nothing of the musicians for the forest of tall youth between me and the low performance area ( or 'stage', if you are prepared to be generous). A surprisingly large number of these unreasonably tall people in fact filtered away from the action before the end - did some find the event underwhelming? - eventually permitting some sightlines, which was nice.
The performance was a pretty much true rendition of the album, no surprise variations in the live event, with the throbbing and pulsing tracks building in intensity in a way that could be really quite mesmerising at times, so it could not be said that Beak didn't deliver - but it is such a narrow musical vision that you really have to be prepared to buy into the idea in the first place, or you might spend the time waiting for something to happen...
... which might lead you to buying beer shortly before the set finished, only to find that the audience are literally forced out of the room as soon as the music stops, which is really unwelcome.
(Zane Lowe was there, does that make it a hip gig or not?)
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