Last night I got to see one of my favourite bands, [Anberlin], at the [Birmingham Barfly]. They were supported by Data Select Party and Furthest Drive Home. Data Select Party were really good and I think I will have to buy their CD - I probably should have last night but I wasn't really thinking when we left the venue.
Data Select Party Warming up the crowd.
Anberlin did a storming set. I very much enjoyed myself. I've not been to gig in a while and it was really good to be at a gig with a good atmosphere and not too many people along. The Barfly is much smaller than the Birmingham Academy and so you get a more intimate feeling. Anberlin seemed quite overwhelmed by the response of the crowd - to the point that they did 2 encores! I'm not sure I've ever seen that before (I guess I may have at a big festival, but I can't pinpoint a moment). I was worried at the start of the gig, the typical american band not being able to voaclise well live was going through my head... but after a couple of songs he really got into it and the sound engineers obviously noticed it and sorted it... either that or I just stopped bouncing... probably a bit of both. It was a great gig - if they are coming to a venue near you - go see them. If they are not and you haven't heard them, go listen. I personally like quite a range of their music but I think that their second album "Never Take Friendship Personal " is their best. Here are a couple of shot of them during the gig...
We walked back past St. Martins and the Bullring to the bus stop and I took a couple of shots of the Christmas lights in Birmingham, I really like the blue and white.
