So I guess you know I only went to this gig to see Fields right? But I guess I ought to tell you about the whole gig.
Fields were all I hoped they would be; marvellous and beautiful, given the sound problems they were obviously having. It should have been a glorious, huge open space filled with their soaring sounds but as is often the case at the Corn Exchange, the sound gremlins were out to get them. Having said that, it didn't sound too bad, just a little distorted and overpowered at times. They only had 25 minutes to drown us in sound but, that they did. Starting off with the blistering "If you fail, we all fail", they then twiddled around in the middle with a couple of pretty songs, (I shamefully can't remember which ones), and ended on the monolithic Song for the Fields. I was pleased to see a lot of the crowd swaying around and smiling - hopefully it means a few more people out there have been converted to the way of Fields.
Bloc Party were much better than the last time I saw them. They have grown in terms of stage presence and actually looked like they were enjoying themselves - they looked comfortable and belted out each tune as if they really meant it. Sadly for me, I still felt that the hour long set was very patchy. I still think they have some fantastic songs but they also have a lot of "filler" tracks. Consequently they only excited me for about fifteen minutes. But hey, I can't love everyone! If you like Bloc Party and like they're albums, you won't be disappointed. If you're on the fence about whether or not you like them, I think you should save your money and energy in trying to get tickets and go see Fields on their own instead! Their headline tour starts in April! Hurrah!
