The Maze, Nottingham, 5th May 2013

Setlist;

The Light
Shadows and Vampires
Patch
Shell
Torn Up My World
The Sun has Set

Notes;

Very very hot room, sweating horribly by end of Shadows - sweat pouring off arms etc, stinging eyes. Mental. Very small stage and short changeover time. Sound guy had trouble getting both DI boxes for sampler and acoustic guitar to work. Took him ages and then by the time we played The Sun has Set the acoustic had broken again and the Sampler sounded way too loud. Definitely separates the men from the boys, that song! But The Sun has Set possibly isn't that sensible for this kind of gig due to the extra complication it entails anyway. Also felt a bit flat, like we were pouring cold water on the room in the middle of a high energy festival.

Shell is fun and high energy but we've been playing it live for a looooong time. On a personal level I feel like it needs a very different guitar sound to the other songs we're doing live at the moment.

Started using Zilla 2x12 again. Live, it's better. More oomph, control, clarity, and directional so easier to position to not annoy the soundman.