![]() ![]() ‘Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It)’ (found on 2011 ‘Cob Dominoes’ album) ‘Dickhead’(found on 2018 ‘This Is Eggland’ album) ‘The Digital Hair’ (found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘I Like Birds (But I Like Other Animals Too)’(found on 2009 ‘If You Were Fruit’ album) ‘Insect Repellent’ (found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘Still Second Rate’(found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘F*ck It’ (found on 2011 ‘Cob Dominoes’ album) ‘Wiggy Giggy’ (found on 2018 ‘This Is Eggland’ album) ‘I, Moron’ (found on 2021 ‘I, Moron’ single) ‘Magic Onion’(found on 2015 ‘This Is Our Nowhere’ album) ‘I Wanna’(found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘Witchcraft’(found on 2018 ‘This Is Eggland’ album) ‘You Can Go Now’ (found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘This Decision’(found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) ‘Long Stem Carnations’(found on 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album) The Lovely Eggs came to Brighton for a party – and they delivered one! Well played. ![]() Tonight was a chance for gig goers to get out and celebrate the bands achievements and music. The sound generated threatened to bring down the building. ‘Dickhead’, ‘Don’t Look At Me’ and ending with ‘24 Eyes’. There are no half measures here tonight as the set headed to a close, both Holly and David smiling as they snapped open another drink. Scarves purchased from the merch desk held aloft! The song builds and the crowd is bouncing, drinks and dancing bodies are everywhere now! Arms up high and Brighton voices shouting “f*ck it’. No introduction needed for the band anthem, the melodic opening chords and searing melodic vocals of ‘F*ck It’ from Holly – oh yeah. Safe to say, and state the obvious, everyone was enjoying the lockdown release with The Lovely Eggs. It was great to see such a wide range in ages in the audience tonight. The crowd had opened up with a small mosh pit, all very well behaved and not too intrusive. Other tunes included in the set were the guitar chugging ‘Wiggy Giggy’, ‘Insect Repellent’, ‘I Like Birds’ and ‘Digital Hair’. Their latest single ‘I Moron’, released in July 2021 was up next, Iggy Pop supplied vox inserts on that release. ![]() Judging by the crowd and their reactions they have clearly become known for delivering a furious set, and watching the audience it’s clear to anyone that they provide a joyous live set. What we had fired into us was a racked up mix of seriously heavy psych, pop, punk and quirkiness. These guys were generating a powerful raw sound, you have to check to see if indeed there are only two of them. ‘I Wanna’ and with the psych-punk ‘Magic Onion’. With various releases around the world, the duo have played hundreds of gigs around the UK, USA and Europe. Their DIY ethos and their no nonsense attitude make The Lovely Eggs quite unique. And from time to time they would chat away to us. The guys stopped momentarily to open a beer or a cider before continuing. The crowd lapped it up and it seemed to fuel the band. You can definitely feel it, there is absolutely an energy that you can feel in the room tonight. Holly Ross from The Lovely Eggs live the Concorde 2, Brighton 3.8.21 (pic Ian Bourn Photography) (click on pic to enlarge!) The lighting seemed to have been set on the minimalistic side of things and plenty of smoke and haze. The stage seemed big with just the two of them making up The Lovely Eggs, but the sound was massive. If that one didn’t get your pulses racing, well there is no hope! Very short and very sweet. We were treated to ‘Witchcraft’, an absolutely blistering live performance of the song. The two are clearly definitely on form! This was confirmed by the fans’ roar as within a couple of minutes we had ‘This Decision’, also culled from the same platter. The Eggs burst from the side stage with a frenzy from the get go with a melter, ‘Stem Carnation’, which is found on the 2020 ‘I Am Moron’ album. The duo took to the stage (which they filmed, watch it HERE) took a pre gig crowd photo of us punters on her phone. Good to see that with the passing of time, and a Pandemic, they’re selling out the main venues like nobody’s business. ![]() I had not actually caught these guys live before when they played Brighton, but have seen them climb venue size on each visit, and tonight it was the turn of Concorde 2 and 600 fans. David Blackwell from The Lovely Eggs live the Concorde 2, Brighton 3.8.21 (pic Ian Bourn Photography) (click on pic to enlarge!) ![]()
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