{"id":6331,"date":"2024-12-31T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2024-12-31T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:20:04","slug":"rejuvenated-sisters-mercy-terrific-brooklyn-paramount-blaqk-audio-review-pics-video-setlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=6331","title":{"rendered":"A rejuvenated Sisters of Mercy were terrific at Brooklyn Paramount with Blaqk Audio (review, pics, video, setlist)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sisters of Mercy<\/strong>\u00a0toured North America last year, which was their first visit here in a decade and a half. While their\u00a0Brooklyn show at Kings Theatre\u00a0was fun (and quite the attendee fashion show), it was not frontman Andrew Eldrich\u2019s finest showing and left a lot of fans disappointed to say the least.<\/p>\n

What a difference a year makes, though. At\u00a0Friday\u2019s show at Brooklyn Paramount\u00a0(moved from Radio City Music Hall), Eldritch seemed like a new man, rejuvenated, with a markedly improved vocal performance, engaging in banter with the audience and in general having a blast. So was everybody else, including a very enthusiastic crowd.<\/p>\n

From what I could tell, no small part of this was due to new guitarist Kai, who seems to have changed the dynamic of the band, not to mention a welcome vocal element to the mix which really helps out on classics like \u201cTemple of Love,\u201d \u201cDetonation Boulevard,\u201d and \u201cThis Corrosion.\u201d You could also tell as Eldritch enthusiastically introduced him before launching into \u201cMarian\u201d: \u201cLadies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is KAI!\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever the cause, Brooklyn Paramount was a super fun show, and everything about it was better than last year, from the sound to the performances to the stage design, which featured a vaguely Egyptian backdrop with stone walls and columns of glowing runes. The new songs, which just slightly outnumbered the vintage material, were all pretty good too. The night closed out with three of their biggest songs: \u201cTemple of Love,\u201d which was the last song of the main set, and then an encore of \u201cLucretia My Reflection\u201d and \u201cThis Corrosion.\u201d The whole band took a bow to thunderous applause and Eldritch thanked the crowd. I almost didn\u2019t go this year but I\u2019m very glad I did.<\/p>\n

My one big quibble remains: no bass player. The Sisters of Mercy have favored a more metallic sound since 1990\u2019s\u00a0Vision Thing<\/em>\u00a0but \u201cLucretia My Reflection\u201d features one of the most iconic rock basslines of the \u201980s. Even if you don\u2019t want a live bass player the whole night, I wish Kai or Ben Christo would pull out a bass just for that one song.<\/p>\n

Openers on this tour are\u00a0Blaqk Audio<\/strong>, the gothy synthy AFI offshoot who I only caught a couple songs of. Photos of the whole night by\u00a0Mathieu Bredeau, plus the setlist and full video of the show, are below.<\/p>\n

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