LORD are one of the premier live bands in Australia. It’s
always a pleasure to see them because they don’t get to Melbourne as often as I
would like. Of course this time it was at the Evelyn, which isn’t the best
place I have ever been to.
It’s become impossible to be unbiased towards LORD in
recent times. This is because I am on more than a first name basis with their
bassist Andy Dowling. I recently interviewed him for this blog, which was a
rewarding experience. Adding to the appeal I caught up with him before they
played. He gave me my pre order of their new album Fallen Idols and we mostly
talked basketball. I could have left happy after that.
However
I was there to see LORD. They kicked off with Footsteps In The Sand, which
isn’t a killer opening track. This performance though summed up the quality of
their music. There was three new songs with the title track probably being the
best of them. From the Dungeon era they played One Step Beyond. This was a pleasant surprise
as I love that album. They also did Tarranno Del Mar, which is a personal
favourite. For mind though Set In Stone was probably the highlight of the set.
The crowd definitely reacted to it and it’s so much better live. They ended
with Through The Fire, which came all too quickly for my liking.
LORD are at a point in their career where it’s tough to put
everything into their set. I would have liked to hear Digital Lies but
it’s hard to fault what they did play. Struggling to have all the songs fit in
the one set list is a nice problem to have and this is the case with LORD. Time
to convince them to play an hour and a half.
After the gig Andy promised me they would return to
Melbourne in summer. I’m already looking forward to it and it gives me time to
get familiar with Fallen Idols.
Set list
The
Dreaming
Footsteps
In The Sand
Immortal
One
Step Behind
Netherlife
Fallen
Idols
Reborn
Kill Or
Be Killed
Tarranno
Del Mar
Set In
Stone
Through
The Fire
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