It was great to be at the 100 Club in London on the 6th April for The Poses only UK gig of their current European tour.

We like the quirky 100 Club in London for its intimacy. The stage is low (with a large pillar just in front of it) but the room is wide and shallow so can get close to the band.

The band are from Seattle and are Ken Stringfellow on keyboards and guitar, Jon Auer on guitar and Frankie Siragusa on drums. On some of the numbers they were joined by Gizelle Smith who provided some great soulful vocals. We were impressed with their new drummer Frankie. His drumming was enthusiastically brilliant. (Last year the Posies long time drummer Darius sadly died).

As always their songs were full of poetic lyrics and beautiful harmonies. Sometimes you need raw piercing sounds of heavy rock and sometimes you feel like standing on a warm beach and letting the gentle waves of rock wash over you. The Posies sound was the latter. It makes you feel good, but there were some serious lyrics wrapped up in there.

They played all of the tracks on the new album Solid States which is to be released next Friday on 29th April. Other numbers were from previous albums dating back to Frosting On The Beaters of 1993.

On the new album we really like the tracks We R Power which has a faster rhythm, the foot tapping March Climes and meditative like The Sound Of Clouds.

7/11

Ken

Gig photos

The Posies website

Set List

We R Power
Unlikely Places
Squirrel vs Snake
Dream
Scattered
March Climes
Licenses
The Glitter Prize
Sound of Clouds
Rollercoaster Zen
Titanic
The Plague
Throwaway
Please
The Definition
M Doll
Burn
Solar

Radiance
Fucking Liar
Flavor
You’re the Beautiful One