Electrico kicked off this year's NUS Arts Festival at the University Cultural Centre. And the Chimp and me were there to savour the, no pun intended, electrifying performance yesterday evening =))
It says alot about a band when they sound better live than on CD. And that's exactly how local boys&gal Dave Tan, Desmond Goh, William Lim Jnr, Daniel Sassoon and the babelicious goth chick Amanda Ling rawked the rafters of the UCC before their US tour later in the month.
And after this smashing gig, I think the Yanks are in for some good ole' rock & roll, Singapore-style.
The band played all their favorites from 2004's
So Much More Inside and 2006's Sophomore release
Hip City. As well as surprise 'cameos' from the 80's New Wave scene. I'll let you all guess, something each from Soft Cell and Depeche Mode =))
Sound engineering was not without its glitches but the lights...Oh the lights! Excellent stuff man!
Dave
et al saved their No.1 hit single Love In New Wave for the encore. Before really ending the evening off with We're Not Made In The USA, a song Dave says they can't sing when they play their gigs there but is actually about a lady returning the band's album at a record store in Singapore when she discovers that Electrico is..errr.. Made In Singapore =))
Anyway well done guys! And remember when you're up there in Arkansas, Tennessee and California...
We're the Red and the White but without the Blue!
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