Photo: Robert Perry
IT had only been a month or so since Temples were last in the city- this time upgraded slightly from the small and infamous King Tuts venue to the grandiose and often acoustically challenging SECC. Their psychedelic riffs and trippy rock-filled set, filling the venue nicely.
Temples showed off the classic craftsmanship of The Beatles with their popular release Shelter Song, the set kept things profoundly-psych with Keep in the Dark and a new one in the form of up-tempo Mesmerise.
After a Screamadelica tour and a summer of relentless shows, Primal Scream have more than spoiled their fans with sets full of much-loved classics. Even after releasing a new album in 2013 of the same name, it seemed fans were more accustomed to hearing the likes vintage tunes and opener Exterminator from the 1991 LP XTRMNTR did a nice job of raising the roof.
Sticking with noise and distortion for Accelerator from the same release, the band brought things right up-to-date with the proceeding title track from their 2013 release, 2013. It’s this track that proves just how legendary Bobby Gillespie is, even in today’s music scene- with its howling guitars, warped saxophone and state-of-the-nation lyrics, it demands attention.
“Let’s Get High” suggests Gillespie as a classic back-to-back of Country Girl and Rocks drew the crowd in nice and close. It then became a set of ups and downs with hits It’s Alright, It’s OK and Swastika Eyes sandwiched between more subtle tracks- the latter a rumbling moment of euphoria amongst older fans.
The ultimate Screamadelica encore of Loaded and Movin’ On Up left the crowd on a jittery-high, exiting the venue to walk the long corridor of the SECC singing and chanting dregs of the final song in a euphoric state, behaviour that only The Scream can bring to town.
Nadine Walker
