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Holy shit, this is easily the best setlist of the tour so far

[otherdemon]

I don’t mind a cover or two in the setlist. Especially if they do something interesting with it than just “planking” it. The Pilgrim is a good example of a cover developing into sprawling jams.

But they are usually very good at diversifying that stuff.
Example: This year’s Rockefeller gig had 4 covers. While last year’s Oslo gig at Sentrum Scene had 0 . So it fluctuates

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Setlist, courtesy of MP’s Facebook account:

real again
mad sun
maypole
dank state
feel (Reine on mellotron)

chariot of the sun
sentinels
serpentine
the promise
starhammer
patterns
the tower
united debased
cosmoctopus

hotel daedalus (reine on mellotron)
uberpilgrim (reine on guitar)
rock bottom (reine on guitar)

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Concert was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The smooth and seamless transition from Cold & Bored to Whip That Ghost was worth the price of admission alone
Some songs worked very well with Olaf on drums, while some did not…

As usual the heroes are LarsM & Spacebandit who has uploaded the auditory evidence on Dime. You guys forever rule!

[otherdemon]

And regarding Black As Night, could it be this one?

Frost – Black As Night

[otherdemon]

All Tomorrow’s Parties by Velvet Underground

[otherdemon]

Saw Instagram snippets of Mad Sun, Spin Spin Spin, Sideway Spiral I and On My Pillow. So that’s promising

[otherdemon]

FYI, Rockefeller is now sold out.

[otherdemon]

Yeah, this one needed a few spins. Because honestly, after the first listen I thought it was pretty boring (except 2-3 songs)
The arrangements are a bit monotonous, only 3 songs have like full band backing.

But repeated listens have brought out the melodies and hooks (it is Bent’s songwriting after all )

Kudos to Josefin Runsten on violin & viola; her strings on Hotel Daedalus and The Rapture really enhance those songs. I’m honestly curious how the stuff sounded before Fiske/Swahn beefed it up.
A very summer-y record, without a doubt.

Favorite songs: Sentinels, W.C.A, Hotel Daedalus and The Rapture. I think Sentinels and Hotel Daedalus have the biggest potential for being stretched out live.

Worst song: Dank State (that chorus is so laughably half-assed )

Rockefeller in September

[otherdemon]

Got it in the mail today, too.

About to spin the album now

[otherdemon]

Weirdo Shrine review

[otherdemon]

From the wording of that Instagram post, it looks like the Norway tour with Olaf Olsen will be pretty straightforward.

While the tour with Ingvald Vassbø looks to be more far-out and psychedelic.

[otherdemon]

Olaf Olsen is a good choice. He’s got the chops and the skills.

But I’m not sure if he is considered a permanent solution just yet.

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08.09.2023 NO Kongsberg – Energimølla

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02.09.2023 NO Hamar – Festiviteten

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