I can't wait 'til the morning, I gotta go now

[cmannall]

Audioscope was amazing. Saturday's highlights were Fell City Girl (despite the fact that they were on first, playing to a not-even-half-full room, and seemed a little bit subdued), Ill Ease (who I started out not being keen on, but it grew on me so much by the end of the set... it was a kind of "PJ Harvey crossed with Scout Niblett" deal), Data

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[fairy_of_ice69]

i jus did a search to see if there were anymore people who had heard of Fell City Girl. jus picked yours cos it was at the top of the list. how did you get to hear about them? i'm going to see them in mid December again. that'll be my 3rd time seeing them. what do you think of them? huge fan myself. Vicky.

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[cmannall]

Wotcha.

Well, I live near Oxford and I go to the Zodiac pretty much every week, and try to keep up with the local music scene, so it would actually be quite difficult for me not to have heard of Fell City Girl. They're probably the best band around here at the moment.

I've seen them three times now, and the mid-December gig will be my fourth time. The first time was at Truck Festival in July, the second time was a gig at the Wheatsheaf (a pub in Oxford), and the third time was the Audioscope weekend. I noticed in your journal that you first saw them when they supported Longview - I didn't go to that because [a] I'm not really much of a fan of Longview, and [b] It was the Monday after the Audioscope weekend, so I'd already had two whole days of gigs and thought it might be wise to have a bit of a rest (otherwise I might as well have just moved in to the Zodiac).

So yeah, I'm a big fan. Do you have a favourite song of theirs? Mine is probably 'these are the heart attacks'.

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[fairy_of_ice69]

hey, wow, didn't think i'd get such a quick reply. yeah, the 1st time i saw Fell City Girl was at Reading festival this summer. i happened to walk in to the carling tent as they were playing. so glad i did. fell in love with them instantly but didn't know when i'd get to see them again. i'm also going to the December gig. should be great to see them again. well, i bought their EP at the Long-view gig and i've gota say that i do love all the songs on it. that's only 4 of them though. my favourites have gota be 'February Snow', 'Weaker Light' and 'Swim'. i mean, all their songs are great but those 3 particularly. lol, seems like you might as well move into the Zodiac as you go there so often! when i saw Long-view, that was the 1st time i'd been to the Zodiac. i was surprised at how small the venue was. so used to going to huge venues for bands, it was a pleasant change to have the band right in front of you. much more intimate.
Vicky.

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[cmannall]

It's a matter of perspective - the majority of the gigs I go to are at the Zodiac, so I consider that "normal" now. If it's bigger than upstairs at the Zodiac, then it's "big". If it's smaller than downstairs, it's "small". Everything in between is average.

I have 'These are the Heart Attacks' on CD too (it was on the compilation CD for this year's Truck Festival). I'm about to go out now, but when I get back home I'll try to remember to upload an MP3 for you. Comment in time and you can choose your bitrate (and I can do an M4A instead of an MP3 if you can play those).

Well, I'll see you at the Zodiac on the 17th then. I won't recognise you, of course, but given the size of the downstairs venue and I'm pretty sure I'll see you!