[GPP] Covenant

Earlier this week I had a jolly good time seeing Apoptygma Berzerk at Edwards in Birmingham, which actually nearly restored my faith in the place, even if it did make me wonder how terrible the attendance was considering the size of the city. A couple of weeks ago I had a rather poorer experience seeing Covenant plus friends who brought a less-inspiring, worse-sounding gig to the same venue. Plus the lights were terrible.

That said, it's probably a little unfair expecting too much from artists when they don't have a lot of infrastucture to work with and a reasonably healthy but hardly packed-out crowd. Don't get me wrong though, I'd rather travel 1.5 miles to a gig rather than 1.5 hours to London or Sheffield.

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[GPP] Apoptygma Berzerk

I like to try and be a man of realistic expectations. Hence after hearing Apop's most recent album I wasn't expecting to particularly enjoy the gig or the music. Couple this with a pretty crappy venue and it would have been counted a victory on points if the ceiling hadn't fallen in or I hadn't got run over by a bus.

Imagine my surprise then when I actually enjoyed the gig - and it was all down to the band having a good old-fashioned fun time of it. The rather mediocre sound system did us all proud and despite the expected mediocre attendance there was a lot of bouncing and a lot of happy faces.

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