We weren’t too sure what to expect from our gig at the Monto Water Rats.

We were given the gig only a few days before and it was only a few days after our gig at The Bowery. Luckily the promoter was the same as The Bowery gig and understood that we might be few on attendance. It also looked like the other acts on the night were going to be mainly singer-songwriters (acoustic/minor band thing). Despite these slight concerns, though, we were certainly looking forward to playing at what is a very cool venue.

When we arrived, a look on the stage told us that we were going to be using the same equipment as at The Bowery. This caused a little worry (a worry that was completely unnecessary as will be shown). Jildas was once again facing a single rack Tom and what looked like a few less cymbals. But like all good improvisors he wasn’t worried. There wasn’t going to be a sound-check, just a line-check before we played. So once we had stored our equipment and had seen a couple of the acts (JC Ryan Band, and Rachael McCaul who were both excellent and worth seeing if you can) we went for some dinner.

Then we were ready to play.

We had decided on a set that we could just launch into and with the jet-powered rocket pants in place that is what we did…

The Sound? I’m not too sure how it sounded off stage, but on stage it was EXCELLENT! The engineer knew his trade. We could all hear ourselves and each other superbly. The volume was brilliant. This made us very happy when playing, which with luck made us give a good performance. Certainly the audience looked like they were enjoying it. They also gave Wave it’s first ‘Mexican Wave’!! 🙂

All in all a great night. Thanks to all who stuck around to watch our set. A big thanks also to the engineer for an excellent sound.

SET-LIST:

1. Sci-Fi Theme
2. All Too Easy
3. In Other Words
4. Nod To J.B
5. Hammer
6. Jack Chambers
7. The Vice
8. Awake
9. Wave