That version of TIH made the hairs on my arms stand on end, it was so good. And to hear Seconds played live like that was astonishing, it's one of my very favourite songs. Thanks seductivebarry for the uploads, I have a friend in Greece who was desperate to hear
It feels like they're trolling us a bit with the obvious songs to play from Hardcore - we won't play the album opener (which sounds like a single) or any of the other singles apart from the title track (which doesn't sound like a single) but we will play album tracks that only big fans remember (Dishes, Glory Days) and B-Sides (Like A Friend and We Are The Boyz)
It feels like they're trolling us a bit with the obvious songs to play from Hardcore - we won't play the album opener (which sounds like a single) or any of the other singles apart from the title track (which doesn't sound like a single) but we will play album tracks that only big fans remember (Dishes, Glory Days) and B-Sides (Like A Friend and We Are The Boyz)
What a tease it'll be if fans don't get to hear any of these live!
Hoping and praying for some His 'n' Hers in Glasgow, would die for Seconds, Lipgloss, Acrylic... (or even something ELSE they haven't played yet!) As long as it's not just First Time/Babies.
Slow Jam and Got to Have Love are the standouts for me off the new album so far.
-- Edited by lipglossed on Thursday 29th of May 2025 01:36:11 PM
For style. The Cure did the same for theirs last year.
I know arty people are obsessed with black and white, but I was quite upset when I had a quick look at iPlayer - I skipped through to see if it was going to go away after a song or two, but it was the same all the way through
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We'll use the one thing we've got more of, that's our minds.
Paraphrasing what I said on Twitter:
Partial Eclipse was fine enough for me, and then the guitar kicked in as Jarvis began his spoken-word section. And the song just swoons. It's so jam packed with marvellous soft light up down everything. And the spoken-word lyric is just stunning. You have the combination of soothing, gliding instrumental, and then these lyrics about ageing and mortality, and it's just *vertiginous*. And then the song floats away and they bring it STRAIGHT INTO THIS IS HARDCORE. And all of that emotional baggage is just shifted right into that string entry.
F*** me.
Thanks sedbaz from this Aussie! That was great, was thrilled to hear Seconds live. I'm slightly ashamed to say I've never listened to We Are The Boyz before but that was great fun. I agree with Ste at the top of the page; loved that version of Hardcore. The way the strings sort of turn nightmarish leading into the drumbeat is a really cool variation of the End of the Line intro I don't think has been done before (pls correct me if i'm wrong).
The new songs were also enjoyable and I'm looking forward to More even more now.
That nightmarish twist has been done before, but never recorded in that kind of live quality I think. These MP3s are going straight to my phone, then my playlist, then my ears.
Thanks for sharing the links- the video file is no longer available (too many downloads?)
Has anyone found any other links to the video version? Thank you in advance!
Gotta hand it to Jarvis, sounds like he nailed all the high vocals and the ones that need a bit of welly and grit. Wisely took Seconds down an octave in parts.
For style. The Cure did the same for theirs last year.
I know arty people are obsessed with black and white, but I was quite upset when I had a quick look at iPlayer - I skipped through to see if it was going to go away after a song or two, but it was the same all the way through
The Radio 2 show will be in colour. I think they just try and distinguish the more broad R2 (colour and the 'hits' songs) versus the more devotee 6Music (b&w and the deep cuts)
Yeah, Jarvis' vocals are sounding great and the music is great both on this and on the record. Really ready for this tour must watch the vids now. How great was it to hear Seconds? Wasn't expecting that!
That was ****ing G.R.E.A.T, Spike Island is dope in live, Slow Jam... has been very well reworked (the first live version I heard was pointless now it works)
Partial Eclipse is G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S can't wait to hear the album version, it could become my new favorite song. The others songs, my G.O.D, luckily I was alone at work so I could sing with them.
Just had a listen to "Partial Eclipse". Sounds like something that could easily fit onto a Divine Comedy album (and be one of the better tracks). I also noticed that this version lasts just under 4 minutes but the album version is reported as being 4:38, perhaps it has a longer outro.