Bat for Lashes and School of Seven Bells gig … after cancelling PJ Harvey, this one had to be doubly good. Seven Bells were on second last track, I was on first Grolsh … sounding good half way down the pint … the wall of noise was starting to make sense … after the student bar 5 deep experience for the first pint, needed to get a couple in to keep me going for a while – Bat for Lashes had a big crowd, not seen them gigging much outside London before, so had to check em out. Thoughts on going in was they sounded a little like Bjork, but soon the songs were moving away from this into their own space, and they were quite diverse. Natashas trouser suit made up for the lack of glitter and masks, some of the crowd had em tho. There was a kind of homely harpsichord moment with fairy lights on the keyboard and something that looked from a distance like a crib? The big drum though made the biggest impact, turning the songs danceable. Amazing noise. They came across as a new band with a fairly short set? but now into second album – they must have been picking out their best stuff, no filler.