Local band, Kaputt (rhymes with moot) came out half an hour after advertised to a warm reception from some friends and some folks looking for a warm up. Off the jump I was intrigued by their seven person setup, with a couple of sax, a key and bodyless violin player, in addition to your standard four piece: dual guitar, bass, and drum lineup. Playing perky, mostly upbeat and somewhat complex songs with a fair amount of tempo shifts and key changes, it was hard to categorize their music. Tempted to say post ska only because of the brass. Without demeaning them in any way, maybe it was so complicated to keep all the different members busy keeping up. It was a truly enjoyable set and I'm excited that they are Glasgow locals so I can catch them again.
Having caught them twice before (I know... *brushes shoulder off*) at End of the Road Festival 2019, I was eager to see how they've grown up in the past couple years, as well as to see Bright Green Field material played live. Firstly the stage setup was unique, as the charismatic lead singer/drummer was set centre stage, flanked by two bandmates on either side. Behind him was a bank of dials and pads which were used for the mid-set, multiple minute, electro-noise breakdown, as well as the intro and outro to a few tunes. Furthermore there were two gongs strung up which were used sparingly but still made an impact.
Sat in the centre, Ollie was less flambouyant during the main set than he had been at the raucous, over-capacity, ad-libbed, "secret" midnight set in the EotR tent, while still charismatically holding the focus of the crowd and attention of his bandmates. The set was very entertaining, with fan favourites and extended cuts, but no matter what they were playing everyone seemed to be into it. Particular stand-outs were G.S.K.,Cleaner and Boy Racers. As a finale they rocked out to Narrator (unfortunately there was no guest singer).
In seemingly an odd move they returned from the dark after a few moments with Documentary Filmmaker - which did cut the intensity to begin with but this version managed to build energy back before a crashing closing of Pamphlets. The moshers were happy throughout.
I walked by both bands going into The 78 after the gig finished but didn't get a chance to tell either how great the show was.
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