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Hour 21- YMCA, London
That pulsing bassy loop from "Weapons Training", overlaid with Gen screaming. Strangely enough, puts me in mind of PTV's "The Starlit Mire", though they actually sound very different.
Ahh, now we're back on more "traditional" TG territory- throbbing bass and a primitive percussive loop. I'm expecting echoey stringed instruments any minute. Ah. No. It's "Convincing People", but Gen's more echoey than usual. I was half-right. Should have recognised that semi-bassline, really. Slightly different lyrical tack than usual, though- "I don't want people. I don't want to convince people. Cos there's never a way, and there's never a day, that justifies convincing people..."
I can definitely see the evolution of TG into "crowdpleasers"- they get applause much more often on these later discs, and play more recognisable "sets".
Some random noises, now we're back to "Hamburger Lady". The "heartbeat" noise seems softer and more organic this time round, and Gen's also lower in the mix, under swathes of extra white noise. This is simultaneously a quieter and noisier version than the others have been. And the vocals have been treated to an extent that they no longer sound even remotely human.
Now it sounds like an instrumental version of "Discipline", with assorted jungle-animal-type noises (only ones from space, obviously) over the top. |
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