So, I've had this nagging suspicion that Adult, one of my favorite groups has totally lost the fuckin' plot.
Those first two albums were brilliant, cause you could mix them with anything, and were super angular and fucked up, but with crazy ass hooks. When the EP came out, I was concerned about my lack of enthusiasm, and their lack of musicality. But of course, everyone else thought it was great, lol.
Anyhow, I caught 'em live in Toronto for the...fourth time, I think I've seen them. So I've got a frame of reference. I think they were mad, because attendance was low, the sound was not good, their light show didn't work, and well, it was just bad.
The addition of a third member on guitars does nothing. They're using a Moog Voyager but it seemed to be little more than a prop. I used to enjoy Nicola's pointy vocals, but it seems that at the show, it was more of an assault of words with nothing being said. It literally, hurt my ears. The set (before we left) comprised of mostly new stuff, which as I said, is just difficult for the sake of being difficult.
Also, the opening group were probably the worst thing I've ever seen. A couple of junkies with a beatbox pretending to be T-Rex (I know, wrap your heads around that one)
Ohhh, Adult. I hope this is just a phase.....
