On March 3rd we played a Private Party for my Mum's birthday. My Mum runs ACT (the drama school) so they used the Kemptown building to host the show. It was the first time my brother and I had been playing on the same bill but not in the same band since we were really young teenagers learning the ropes in a much less vibrant Brighton scene than the one we have currently.
We asked Ben to leave the band last year just before deciding we would call ourselves Fragile Creatures - we felt his drumming style was a little too busy for what we were trying to create - I don't really want to go into it, cos it's hard to discuss without sounding like I'm slagging him off! Ben is an excellent drummer, we just had to make a decision that he wasn't working out with the group when we went into this intense period of defining ourselves last year.
Ben now drums in a great group called Eliza Jaye and The Tarts, who won the coin toss and headlined the party. It was a lovely evening and in the end we were glad to go on first as we'd been given free access to the bar, so it would have been a much sloppier set if we'd played any later!
we played:
1. Stowaways
2. Sunshine
3. Fragile Creatures
4. End Of The World (For Two)
5. Slow Down
6. This Strange Dance
7. She Makes Me Nervous
8. The Chemicals
9. Strong Enough
10. Into The Night
We also played Hold The Line (by Toto) after an encore was called for. I borrowed a lovely silk kimono from the schools costume cupboard to wear onstage and was allowed to keep it at the end! It felt good having a bit of a wizardy cloakness to flap about in. An old friend of my Mums told me she had a nice kimono I could have too, if I popped in to visit her shop. This might be my new stage 'look'!!!
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