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SO EXCITED. They're going to play new stuff, right, if the album is indeed finished?? Right?!?

I assumed there wasn't support because it's a warm up show.

Has anyone here taken a Chiltern train to London from the Midlands in the last week? Is it actually going to get there ok?

So might have a spare ticket if anyone is interested?

Thanks

Le Volume Courbe supporting.
MBV onstage at 9.

Send me a PM if interested in the ticket for face value + fees.

Haven't managed to see them since they started playing shows again a few years ago so am looking forward to it immensely. Even bought some earplugs, though I'm willing to bet their loudness has been overstated/exaggerated anyway...

Face value if anyone fancies it. PM for deets

pm me for details, face value obv. will be around to meet at 7:30 at the venue

Their music seems unbearably twee - just had a quick listen on Spotify.

RT @adamboult: At My Bloody Valentine in Brixton. Kevin Shields said from the stage the new album 'might be out in two or three days'

Genuinely disappointed.

a phenomenal set. The Roundhouse gigs were ok. Last night was average for me. The only upside tonight was being stood next to J Mascis for a couple of songs. I was too shy to say hello to him, I didn't want to piss him off. Anyway, I'd give that gig 6/10. I hope Hammersmith is better.

might be two or three days, in response to a shout from the crowd. few new songs. we couldn't decided how many. they played for just over an hour. we were on left side, sound was quieter than previous gigs.

I enjoyed it, but fuck me it sounded a mess at points. As Kevin described 'like playing down a three mile wind tunnel'. The sound around me (centre stage about ten metres back) was pretty awful. It only sounded alright when they restarted To Here Knows When. The new song sounded really decent though. I liked it a lot.

Gonna get tickets to the Hammersmith shows, hoping it was a dodgy night.

They didn't play Sometimes :(

There was definitely something off with the mixing, the bass being extremely muddy and inaudible vocals being my main problems. Yeah, Kevin just seemed increasingly irritated, even stopping a song midway through to restart (To Here Knows When, I think).

I only counted 1 new song! The first one they played. They played 4 off YMMR which was nice.

NEW ALBUM NEXT WEEK THOUGH! I have faith.

tonight was really average. sound for the first six or so songs was really bad, it did get better, but then seemed to get worse again for Soon, Feed Me With Your Kiss and You Made Me Realise. new songs (I counted three) seemed ok, but I think that the venue's PA wasn't up to it and the band's own equipment was failing a bit. After the first (new?) song, someone shouted out 'when's the new album out' to which Kevin replied 'erm, two or three days, i think...'. we shall wait and see. hammersmith will be better than this, but tonight was not the gig that both band or audience wanted....

Sound was a bit ropey but the whole thing was still quite mesmerising. Lovely stuff. Maybe my ER20s saved the day, dunno.

http://youtu.be/ZB6ClgX_etM?t=17s

Was obviously super excited having only swiped a ticket on Friday night, but the sound was as poor as everyone above suggested. Even before they came on, the songs being played by the DJ sounded like they were coming from a car stereo parked outside The Windmill.

That said, still enjoyed it in patches. It's a warm-up gig after all, so hopefully they should have the creases ironed out for Hammersmith.

Enjoyed the ticketing/queue system - give chap with clipboard a name, seemingly any name, and he'll draw on your hand with a marker pen and you can go in.

Also, I too was stood on the left raised bit by the bar and didn't see dan_thw :(

sound. It would be hard for the sound to be any worse last night. Even though it was a warm up I don't think that's much of an excuse. I went to their first ICA gig in 2008 which was billed as a rehearsal gig. That was one of the best gigs that I've been to. Perfect sound, perfect set.

I enjoyed the experience of it, especially the anticipation to seeing them for the first time. I can't really describe what I felt, as it was never going to live up to what I wanted it to be, so any disappointed seems predictable. All I really know is that it made me really hope that HEALTH come back this year.

Than the one time I've seen them before (Manchester in 08). But that wasn't particularly good either. They always seem to have problems with the vocals being too low, unless it's deliberate. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to fix, surely - just push the vocal channels up by a few decibels and it would make a difference. Or is it harder than that?

They fucked up the new tune, were barely in time for the other tunes, the drum fills kept missing their mark, Shields was visibly annoyed and couldn't play in time - I think he was mostly to blame for the mess, we were down the front for the holocaust bit and some of his pedals actually cut his signal completely. For a supposed sound perfectionist it was embarrassing to watch.

All the reformed gigs I've seen (Roundhouse / 2 shows at ATP / Brixton) have sounded like this.....and I love it.....

For a band that has so many imitators - nobody can produce an artrock noise assault like this (not HEALTH either - even though I love them to bits - far more clinical compared to this - MBV are off the scale). Even though the set changes (I think) very little - it is always an experience to see this band. Near the front on the left this was as LOUD as I have ever heard the band, my beer can was literally rattling with the force of the sounds from the speakers.

But this is precisely why I give my favourite shoegaze bands a miss live, as it seems so much of their sound is dependent upon how the records are produced. I remember seeing Curve / Swervedriver together - Curve blew it (and I never thought of them the same way) whilst Swervedriver absolutely nailed it. I still wish (on balance) I hadn't gone.

but it was a warm up show so you expect mistakes. That venue was atrocious. Also I think something was up with kevins rig, he was going deathly quiet at various points (normally in the verses).

Anyone who's worried about the Hammersmith shows shouldn't be though, they'll sort it out by then and it'll be great!

I'd never seen them before. I went in expecting a swirling cacophony of hellnoise, and that's precisely what I got. Ace show. If that was them on an off day, I'd love to see them do a 'proper' headline show.

doesn't fill me with hope that a new LP is imminent.

But I still enjoyed it. Sound was ropey (I was standing pretty central so I imagine it was even worse to the sides) and they were definitely out of time for parts of it, but they still delivered the ear-sundering squalls of noise I hoped for, so wasn't overly fussed.

I loved it. Real choppy, pulled back feel to it.

The vocals were quieter than normal, but they're normally quiet anyway.

Guy in crowd 1: Turn the vocals up!
Guy in crowd 2: Have you seen these live before?

I've seen them 3 times before and while this was definitely the ropiest in terms of sound quality, it was special to see them in a small-ish venue and in more intimate and raw surroundings.

http://thequietus.com/articles/11264-my-bloody-valentine-live-review

warning, Doran at his most inscrutable.

I reckon if I'd seen this, I would have loved it. but then lots of my favourite music falls in and out of time and has 'dodgy' production.

Took 2 goes at To Here Knows When, 3 for Feed Me With Your Kiss...

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/my-bloody-valentine/2013/ax-korea-seoul-south-korea-5bdbe378.html