Alphabeat at The Garage

This evening we went to The Garage to see the shiny poptastic Alphabeat. This was one of those 'buy our new CD from HMV and get a free ticket' type of gigs and there's always a question mark around the value of a free ticket. Walking in we were greeted with dry ice, purple and blue lights and a peculiar smell.

The place was half-full, which was a bit of a disappointment, but also good for us since it meant the evening was much more comfortable, particularly for Chris who could sing and dance along to his pop group of choice. I worry about Anders SG since he has a strange habit of slapping himself (instead of clapping) and banging his tamourine off his body, rather odd behaviour while he bounces around on stage.

They played nine songs over 40 minutes (including the encore) before leaving because Stine was feeling poorly. They put on a good show but I can't help but feel that their last two songs were their best - 'The Spell' ended the set and the extended version of 'Fascination' was the encore.