Owl City @ Shepherd's Bush Empire (image heavy)

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Also known as Smunchkin's first concert! I took me just 5 years to convince her to come to a live show with me.... She was quite nervous while we were waiting in line and she made me promise we would stay in the back, far from the crowd and absolutely not anywhere near the stage (in her defence, everytime I've come back home from a concert in the past I sperted bruises, burn marks and, once, a cracked rib). We were pretty lucky because this venue has an elevated rise at the back so we claimed a spot on the side near the merch booth and we could see the stage pretty well and Smunchkin was safe from the crushing crowd :)

First up was Matthew P




He's quite the charming lad :)






He sang his whole EP and then he covered "Foundations" (of which I made a video that turned out crappy, so I'll spare you)



Next up was A Fine Frenzy


This girl is a human typhon. Taking pictures of her performing and not getting just a blur of spinning red is next to impossible...


...unless she's playing the piano...


...which makes it easier...


... to capture her adorableness on film :)










She has a very powerful voice. I have her albums, so I knew she could sing pretty well, but the recorded stuff doesn't catch the strenght behind it at all. I utterly blown away :)












I'm pretty sure she was the happiest person in the house (also, she had tea as refreshment)

And, finally, Owl City took the stage


The band came out one by one. Drummer first!


then the violinist and the cellist (who also had little dance routines! Cutest!)


Percussionist! Which later played guitar, swapped places with the drummer at one point, and was generally awesome


Keboardist/backup voice! She smiled all the time!


See that blob of light in the centre? That's Adam!


He's so adorable


and funny


and talented










he kept a steady banter with the audience and also wished his mum a happy mother's day. ADORABLE!
















I may have forgotten to mention that Adam is also a pretty boy








his way of playing guitar is entartaining to watch




(I feel compelled to mention that at this point Smuchkin was jumping on her feet and screaming "Fuck being in the back next time we are going barrier holy sheep :DDD")





















And thus another one of my faily recaps comes to an end :)

Comments

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

i dont think it was faily at all! that was an awesome recap! omg so much pretty in one night! your camera also is fantastic :D

[of-silverandsky.livejournal.com]

Looks like an awesome crowd! I'm so jealous!


Definitely a preeeetty boy :3

Your recap is a win bb! Not faily!

[xskintandminted.livejournal.com]

no fail at all! you have some fantastic pictures and it looks like you had a brilliant time!

[devilswhore-x.livejournal.com]

I am super jealous you saw A Fine Frenzy! I love her to pieces ♥___♥

[ryukoishida.livejournal.com]

Ah so jealous of you! XD Haha... I had wanted to go to Owl City's concert in Vancouver back in November last year but stupid school and endless papers to be written made me unable to go T.T I've only listened to one song from A Fine Frenzy - "You Picked Me" (and it's so good ^^)

Thanks for sharing the lovely pictures ^0^

[dolover.livejournal.com]

*drools*