It was foretold they were coming to rid the world of crap stereotyped music.
They sent their Herald Ben Caplan to pave the way and by the time they arrived there was nothing we could do but embrace the music...........
Talking bollocks aside I was really looking forward to this concert. I first heard Anne Marit Bergheim
,Marianne Sveen, Solveig Heilo and Turid Jørgensen or Katzenjammer on an Internet radio show hosted by Brian Player a few months back. The song playing was Rock-Paper-Scissors I found myself humming it for the next week. From there I checked out live performances on youtube and by this time my 10 year old daughter was singing their songs around the house. So we decided this would be her first concert but unfortunately it turned out it was over 14's only so it ended being a night out for me and my much better half with a very sulky 10 year old left with the family(Not to worry we bought her a T-Shirt and she's going to see The Black Keys in December - Phew!!! I'm off the hook).
Anyway back to the evening Katzenjammer's Herald had done a fine job it was time for them to deliver the crushing blow and finally deliver us into musical Nirvana. They took the audience by the balls looked them in the eye and said you are paying attention aren't you. Once they got their resounding reply they proceeded to keep the place buzzing with energy. Every song they changed position taking a different instrument each time and changing lead vocals showing the amazing depth of their talent. Each time someone different came to the fore to lead the band they asserted their control over the ever attentive audience, it was truly wonderful to see. It wasn't just their abilities to play everything on the stage that was amazing (i reckon they could have played the mic stand if they wanted to) the songs covered a wide range of genres from Folk - Pop - Blues - Rock n Roll amongst others.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better they stripped it all back with the A cappella Gods Great Dust Storm a beautifully powerful blend of their harmonies. The tempo went back up for the last song leaving everyone in a jumping, singing, dancing mood. Woo Hoo!
Their conquest was complete Manchester has been delivered from crap music and they continue leaving a trail of good times in their wake........
So go forth and find tickets so that you feel the awesome power of The Four Horsewomen Of The Apocalypse.
If there's none left go check out the wonderful 'A Kiss Before You Go' album
http://www.katzenjammer.no/
It just leaves me to say Please Thankyou Very Much (Just being polite! :] )
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