It’s a bittersweet night at Islington Assembly Hall. After all, it’s always a joyous occasion to see your favourite band play live, right? Unfortunately, everyone in the room knows that, unless they plan to travel to the US to catch any other shows on this tour, it’s going to be for the last time, for this is the only UK show on Murder By Death’s ‘Farewell’ tour.
And if that isn’t enough, tonight is an even more special occasion, due to the fact that there’s no support band to open for them. Instead, we’re treated to a 30 minute Q&A with the band before they take themselves off to prepare for their wonderfully long setlist.
Questions range from ‘Lennon or McCartney’ (“Harrison, of course”), to one fan asking how the band came to write the instrumental soundtrack to the sci-fi/horror novel Finch – (“its author Jeff VanderMeer approached them”). Fans reminisce about certain shows, asking the band if they remember the post-show shenanigans, and there are many, many…
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