The Wombats Live
In the crowded venue, The Wombat’s fanatic fans were out in force, being perhaps better performers than The Wombats themselves. They were far from bad, though. They started off with their a capella opener, Tales of Girls, Boy and Marsupials. A bit wavy, but the audience enjoyed it with everybody, I mean everybody, clapping along to the easy beat. I jumped into the mosh pit that started with my favourite song at the moment, Kill The Director. The fast drum tempo and the breakdown seemed ideal, and I was right. Once again, the whole crowd seemed to be singing along, I could barely hear the singer. I hastily retreated back to the safety of my companions for some pictures and to truly appreciate the unfolding scene. The pace increased with Lost in The Post and The Wombats really seemed to hit their stride with “Go Santa! Go Santa! Go Go Go!” being my favourite lyric from The Womat’s performance that evening. Adding their unexpected Christmas song, the crowd tried to get into the rhythm, but it certainly wasn’t as feverish as the rest of the show. Here Comes The Anxiety had some crowd members singing the song before it had started. Noting this, The Wombats tried again, with some lighters up in the air, and they gave it a great amount of energy. Afterwards, donning an acoustic guitar, the singer introduced us to Duck, who was replacing the old mascot who was lost in an airport. Duck, the rabbit, danced and flapped his ear, through out Little Miss Pipedream’s twee piano dots and catchy lyrics. With an impressive light show, Let’s Dance To Joy Division has certainly become less interesting to me, after listening to it a hundred times or so, but went really well with the crowd. Shouting for the encore, the crowd went insane, everyone chanting “Wombats! Wombats!” One of the loudest calls for encore, I have ever heard. With their quirky humour, the drummer said, “You didn’t have to do that, we were going to come on again anyway. But, it is nice to be appreciated” as the started to play First Wedding, my least favourite Wombats song, The Wombats finally managed to equalthe crowd’s energy. They finished with a well-placed Backfire At The Disco, leaving everyone very content with the gig.
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Setlist:
- Tales of Girls, Boys And Marsupials
- Kill the Director
- Lost In The Post
- My Circuitboard City (?)
- Party In The Forest (Where’s Laura?)
- Moving To New York
- Here Comes The Anxiety
- Little Miss Pipedream
- Let’s Dance To Joy Division
- My First Wedding
- Backfire At The Disco
