I am speechless. Literally speechless. I have completely lost my voice! As far as I can recall I have never had this happen to me before and it is very frustrating. I had a bit of a sore throat and a cold last week, but I just took pain killers and went to band practice and sung my lungs out anyway. Now I’m paying the price. I feel absolutely fine, but I can’t talk apart from a hoarse painful whisper. It is very frustrating and I’m quite mad at myself for not resting when I should have.
I went to a really good gig last night, Battle Circus, Infinite Flying Kick, Decortica and Crash Test For Favorite Things. Unfortunately I missed Crash Test as I had wandered off in search of a hot lemon drink to sooth my throat after trying to have conversations with people I hadn’t seen for ages. I arrived back partway through Infinite Flying Kicks set. Infinite Flying Kick (IFK) were incredible. It has been a while since I have seen them play, and I thought they were good then but now they are fantastic. Check out their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/infiniteflyingkick
It was the first time I had seen Decortica play, they are a very good very loud three piece. Probably the loudest three piece I’ve seen play in a while. The music was a little heavy for my personal taste but still very good.
Battle Circus were on last, it was there first gig since arriving back in NZ after touring Australia, Germany and the USA. Despite complaints of jet-lag they played really well. I have been a Battle Circus fan since gigging with them back in 2005, and they just get better and better every time I see them play. Check out www.battlecircus.com/
