It felt like a generation connecting and revelling during challenging times. ![]() Set highlights included ‘Gamma Knife’ and ‘Sleep Drifter’, but to be honest this gig didn’t feel like it was about individual songs. Water bottles were lovingly shared, as arms were swung into the air (and inadvertently into others’ faces) – a truly electric atmosphere. The audience seemingly cannot get enough of this – Concorde 2 had some of the biggest moshpits / circles seen in a while, despite the intense heat. They play with two drummers, and the ominous pounding gives the sound a thrust and urgency throughout. Basically they’ve taken their psychedelic start to life, turbocharged it with a dash of punk, and delivered a wonderful wall of sound that will eat you up, spit you out and leave you wondering what the fuck just hit you. KGLW have been releasing new albums like there’s no tomorrow (they’re about to release their 10th album in five years), but what’s most pleasing is how they’re developing their sound as they go. The scene was suitably surreal, matching the bands’ acid infused visuals and gloriously heavy psych-rock sound. Scrambling to get pics as a parade carried him back through the doors of Concorde 2, we were left wondering if we had just witnessed the most rock and roll close to a gig ever? ![]() And then all the way back again, re-joining the remaining Lizards on stage to finish the show in spectacular style. Yes, you read that right, into the fucking sea!Ĭiting a recent festival in Italy where the same happened, Stu launched into the crowd, to be carried triumphantly on the shoulders of hyped and adoring fans, across the pebbles and flung into the sea. And he would literally ‘surf into the sea and back during the set finale. ![]() What we weren’t expecting, was that the crowdsurfing would come from lead singer Stu Mackenzie. We’ve covered a few gigs in our time, and it’s rare to hear. We were warned twice before King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard came on stage, that in the ‘event of crowdsurfing’, we would have to leave the photo pit.
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