REVIEW: THE 1975 ☆☆

Venue: Savoy Theatre, Cork, Ireland

The 1975 played the Savoy on Wednesday, February 19th. (I know that was ages ago, see my last last post RE: pathetic excuses.)

The 1975 are hipster guys, that's undeniable; and the crowd contained pretty much every indie-wannabe (myself included, no hate) in the county. Shirts were buttoned up the whole way and eyebrows were razor sharply defined.

Despite the aspiring alternative vibe, I found the whole thing kinda....cringe. There was an atmosphere of desperation more than anything else. The band were only alright, had zero audience interaction, and they were too cool to separate their encore from the main setlist. I don't know guys. I just don't know.

I was tremendously unimpressed, and the band somehow went down in my list of favourites after the gig, which is never a good thing.

All the same, an absolute belter of a night was had, but no thanks to the 1975, being brutally honest. It was nothing I couldn't have experienced with a flannel shirt, white wine and spoifity playlist at home.

I left wondering what I had spent my ticket money on, and how I had come by the bowl of mashed apple in my left hand.

Excuses Excuses

GOOD GRIEF. IS IT MARCH ALREADY? 2014!? WHATT!?!?!!

Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been fecking ages since my last blog post.


I KNOW excuses mean nothing but I have SO MANY of them goddamnit; at least have the decency to hear me out.

Here are some things that have happened in the last couple of months:

• I got an internship working for a hip, upcoming, shiny new music website. It's called www.choorpy.com. I write the odd blog there, and do some fabulously boring admin stuff, alongside organizing cool gig/artist/promotion related work.
• I am currently in the process of coordinating with various music festivals for the summer. Friends of mine and I, together a hugely bad influence and far too braisen with our ambition, are touring Music & Arts Festivals throughout Ireland and the UK, and a couple odd ones further afield, with our circus theatre/street performance act 'Flocked in the Head'.
• I have somehow, somewhere along the way, managed to set up my own Events Management and Promotion company. We're called Tennis Court Hop Productions (TCH Productions) and jaysus man, there's a lot of work involved. I'm tied up booking bands, sorting advertising, social media, selling tickets, coordinating with the venue; it's all gigantic fun and brings out my two finest qualities; list-making and worrying. www.tchproductions.com. Check us out, our website is only gorgeous.
• LOL, I'm actually doing my Leaving Cert. too. So, while everything is terrific fun and my CV is looking well; I'm also in school all day and pretending to be studying all night. BUT the world waits for no man and I shall not be chained down by a week of exams in June. It'll be graaaand (she said).

Yeah, I know excuses don't cut it, but still. Sympathy points? No? Nothing?

I suppose I'll just say a couple of Hail Mary's and hope for the best.