The Cat Empire
July 5th, 2006 by Nibor
I went to see The Cat Empire on Friday evening. It was an early show which was pretty much the only bad thing about the whole show!
We had a pretty big crew going and most of them came down to our place (the 157) for drinks and to hang out before the show started. Then it was a short ride to the Mod Club for the show.
We got there just as the opening band, “Nine Mile” was finishing. The only song that we caught of their set was “the redemption song”…perfect perfect. They sounded pretty good…acoustic and percussion. I would have liked to hear more of them, but I think that when it’s an early show, then openers kind of get screwed.
The Mod Club is an awesome club. I had never been there before and I was very impressed. Nice atmosphere, and cool lounge area upstairs. Good sight lines and sound. Plus the bouncers seemed pretty normal, not power-tripping A-holes.
So back to Cat Empire, at the beginning of their set they mentioned that they had had a really big day of traveling, and I noticed that they were a little bit short on the energy. I was worried that they would not be up to standard because they were tired. But they proved me wrong! I would like to think that it had something to do with the awesome turnout that they had. They defiantly became more energetic as the set progressed.
I think the highlight of the show was the scat/trumpet solo towards the end. That and the encore were icing on the cake, with the crowd losing it on the last song, The Chariot.
All and all it was an awesome night. A little early for the show, but a great performance. I will defiantly be seeing them again in November.
“Today we’re doing nothing at all!” - The Cat Empire