Music Monday (sort of): Tame Impala gig @ Hammersmith Apollo!

Sorry this is late, but I put this off because I have access to a camera!!!! So I thought one day wouldn't hurt if I got to put a picture of a souvenir from the gig in this post. So, as I mentioned in my second ever blog post, I went to see Tame Impala play at Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 25th of June. And they were mind-blowingly awesome. I'll set the scene for you:

 It started off with a buzzing gathering of people outside the venue, random people asking if we had spare tickets to buy so they could sell them on for more, but I held on tightly to mine. No way was I going to pass this up. The doors opened and we all rushed in, me and my brother going straight in rather than hanging about so luckily we managed to get a spot right at the front against the barrier by the side of the stage.

Weirdly there was a glowing cat on the stage (not a real one of course) which must have belonged to the supporting act Melody's Echo Chamber (who is also Tame Impala singer Kevin Parker's girlfriend). It felt like time had stopped while all the equipment was being set up for her and the excitement was intensified with every second, but finally she and the members of her band walked on stage. We all cheered and clapped and she said hi in her pretty french accent, then began to sing "I Follow You" in her dreamy high pitched voice. Her whole set was amazing, and it pumped us up for the rest of the night. What also made me have a massive smile of excitedness on my face was the fact that I could see Tame Impala guitarist Dom by the side of the stage watching (in a non-creepy way).

Then after all the many pedal boards were set up for Tame Impala (and sadly the cat was removed which prompted an "aww" from the people on the side of the stage I was at) they finally came on stage. Everyone of course went crazy, and they kicked off with Led Zeppelin, followed by one of my favourite songs, and also the Song for the Week this week, "Solitude is Bliss". Each song was just amazing, even the songs I didn't really like normally. And of course "Elephant" and "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" got very good reactions from the crowd. Kevin was barefoot (so logically someone threw a shoe at him) and spent a lot of the time lying on the floor of the stage with his guitar. The whole band actually got quite distracted by the cool lazer light show going on the screen behind them which was quite funny, and they managed to pull off an amazing performance with a lot of improv. They really engaged with the crowd too, having a chat with us, throwing the shoe back and making a paper aeroplane out of a setlist and throwing it into the crowd.

Random lazer light show 

To wrap up it was an amazing night which actually convinced me to like all of their songs and I love the ones that already did even more! My brother was lucky enough to get a setlist from a roadie passing them to the crowd at the end too, so here it is!

So yeah if you have the chance to see them, go!

Yas xx