u/Pers0na_1

show in stockholm tonight was great.
once some frustrations with the sound guy were resolve band was on form. loved craig finn too.

this is what i got for a setlist - might've missed something.

very similar to helsinki show i think with a few songs cut due to tight curfew and deviation in solo section.

clemency for the wizard king
crying on eddie nashs grave
woke up new
rocks in my pockets
young thousands
you were cool

JD solo
the recognition scene
ghosts
younger (band rejoined)

for charles bronson
days
andrew eldritch is moving back to leeds
dance music
charlie sheen reaches out to the feds
broken to begin with
sax rohmer #1

encore
song for layne stanley
the best ever death metal band out of denton

Last night's gig was a delight. First time seeing Aldous Harding and band perform. First of all, it sounded SO great - the band and she were all incredible, and her vocal performance was unreal. The setlist had so many great tunes in it. The material really came alive with the performance. I felt like the audience was enraptured and so quiet between songs, even if there wasn't much banter - she said something along the lines of "I'm quiet but I'm here" or something at one point, and it was clear to anyone paying attention that she really was.

I've not seen much like the show before, to be honest - in terms of mood and choreography and interaction with the audience. And I've been to a lot of shows. I've seen shy or reticent or moody performers plenty of times before - and I feel like some people go to shows expecting intense performances with intermittent pandering and breezy anecdotes between songs. Some artists do that and some don't - but this didn't feel like any of that either; it felt like something else. The confrontation, the openness, the reticence, the strangeness, the confidence and vulnerability. It was dizzying in the most invigorating way. And it married to the material - it felt all part of a performance that was carefully curated. Not in some inorganic way or overly theatrical in any forced way, but as an extension of the emotional content of the songs. What a magic brew they concocted.

Anyone else seeing them on this tour is in for a treat, and anyone considering going should jump in with both feet. Even if you're not super familiar with the albums and just kind of curious, do it.

Also worth showing up for the warm-up too.