When she creepin on my cult (idk i only listen to our time down here)
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Friday marked the 10th time I have seen UK punk / goth / glam band Creeper, at their headline show at the Roundhouse in London.
It was the best set I saw of their Calvary Falls era. With maybe the exception of the one off set of shows last august. Where they played one of their old EPs in full along with fan favourites at The Joiners Arms in Southampton.
They were supported by Bad Nerves, a brat punk band from London, and Zetra a heavy metal / shoegaze band also from London. Sadly I missed most of Zetra’s set due to ticket issues, but what I saw of them was great, definitely influenced heavily by My Bloody Valentine. Bad Nerves, while really not my thing, do a really good job of playing that sort of 70s punk with a SoccerAM indie spin.
Creepers headline set was prefaced with clips of classic vampire movies, Nosferatu, The Lost Boys and From Dusk Till Dawn. Which really set the tone of the show.
Their set was made up of their mainstays from this era, a mix of songs from their last LP and EP, with a few older songs mixed in for good measure. As this was a special show, a celebration of the last 2 eras and stories, they brought back a few tracks from their earliest EPs, mainly 2015’s The Callous Heart. This show also marked the live Debut of the songs Black Moon and All My Friends. The latter accompanied by a cellist, which added immensely to the track, and the crowds response left Will, their singer in tears by the last chorus.
After the Encore ended, the stage filled with smoke, and a person dressed as a very convincing Nosferatu appeared from back stage, stalking the singer on stage for a few seconds. Then pouncing on him, dragging him down into the smoke, lifting up a prosthetic of the singers head and displaying it to the crowd. Once this was over, the backdrop of the stage fell and a projector started playing a video. This video introduces Darcia, the vampires familiar, who reads off “the news” about the band. That this is the start of a new story and era, themed around Vampires, they also announced the release of a new single, called Ghost Brigade, and that they have left their precious label, Roadrunner, for Finnish indie label Spinefarm records.
This show brings to a close their last era, sadly troubled by lack of label support, a worldwide pandemic forcing all tours to be cancelled or postponed and a change in sound that a lot of fans disliked.
But it also marks a return to form, a performance with theatrics not seen since 2017s Theatre of Fear Tour, with the band sounding the best they have sounded since around that time too. All I can hope now is that the label is able to fully support their efforts in this new era and fully understand the bands’a vision.
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