I'm not cut out for the modern life.: November 2015

My Week - Rap, Indie, Metalcore.

Hi there. How are you? Good! Your hair looks beautiful today.

So, my last week was full of one of my favorite things on earth: concerts. I saw Gerard with support from Lot on 10/31, The Wombats with support from Kid Astray on 11/4 and Bring Me The Horizon with support from PVRIS and Beartooth on 11/6. 3 concerts in 6 days. I liked that. I want to write about that. So I made myself a nice cup of black Yorkshire tea (yes, again.) and just started.

First: Gerard. He's a german rapper coming from Austria and that's where I went to his concert, Conrad Sohm in Dornbirn, Austria. I was at my girlfriend's house for two weeks and since my birthday is on the 31/10, my mum bought us two tickets for this show. Dornbirn is an half an hour drive away from where my girlfriend lives and so we started our drive around dawn, which made it incredibly beautiful. From the road we could see the Alps and the clouds around it and the sun setting behind it and god, it just was beautiful. The club itself was very hard to find, it was hidden in the forest. Hidden, I swear. We asked a guy at a petrol station and after we drove past it six times and looked on a map for hickers, the lights of the club went on as we drove to it the seventh time. I fucking swear that they weren't on before.
The doors were about to open ten minutes after we arrived, so we sat down on the stairs in front of the entry and smoked before we got in. The club was very small and untill Gerard got on stage there were only 40 people in the room. So my girlfriend and me stood in the very front of the stage when the support act Lot started to play. I only heard a song from him before, he makes some sort of german indie-music. The show was very good but after a few songs, a few drunk girls came to the front row and started to wave their arms around and scream like they if they'd be, well, drunk. They stayed there the whole evening which was pretty annoying. A few minutes after Lot's show and after me heroicly climbing on stage to get a cute handwritten setlist for me and my girlfriend, Gerard came onto the stage.

If you did not hear anything from him, you should. His songs and mainly his beats together with his voice are so magical, not like you'd expect german rap music. The lights fitted his music perfectly the show was pure magic. The fact that not many people were there made it hard to go crazy and jump around so I just hold my girlfriend in my arms and enjoyed the muic and the jumping guy on the stage, which was just as good.
After the show, we waited for Lot to sign or setlist (Who did not came out. Sigh.) and Gerard to give us some hugs. My girlfriend bought herself something at the merch and then we met him and god, he is one of the nicest people on earth. He's so sweet and it's so nice to talk to him, he does not seem like a celebrity or anything, more like a friend who I just watched playing his music. He gifted a polaroid to me, signed our tickets and we tried to make pictures. Yes, tried. The girl, that TRIED to make pictures of us apparently never did this before, so we came back after we said goodbye to try again and finally, we got our overexposed picture hugging him and said goodbye again. I hope to meet him again, he is such a nice and sweet human. If you're reading this, Gerald, stay, who you are!
The drive home was very calming, I'll go deeper into that later.

On the wednesday after Gerard, my girlfriend, a good friend, his girlfriend and me drove about an hour and an half to Den Atelier in Luxembourg, Luxemburg to see one of my favorite bands, The Wombats. I hold a deep love for long drives, especially with my girlfriend but I hate driving through big cities. So after I drove over a red light and three people honked at me we finally found a cheap car park, ate something, bought cigarettes (Because they are cheaper in Luxemburg than in Germany) and went to the small club. I've been there twice before and so it was very nice to come back. After waiting for an hour, we got in and waited for the bands to play. The support act, Kid Astray, which I never heard of before, is a norvegian indie band. They were more than amazing and the crowd was overwhelmed, which lead to charming reactions of the band. After a few minutes of soundchecking the room went dark and one of my absolute favorite bands came onto the stage: The Wombats.

I saw them earlier this year, so I held high expectations. And yes, the band lived up to them. I love the magic of indie music live and it was so awesome to finally jump around again. The club was not sold out and the crowd itself did not seem to share my desire to jump around, which lead to only to mosh pits, one only with my good friend and me for a few moments. That did not broke my spirit and I jump around and went crazy on my own and this feeling was so good. I needed this. The band played all of my favorite songs, and some songs, I did not expect them to play, which made the concert even better. Halfway through, they played the song 'Isabel', the slowest song they got in their repertoire, as a stripped down version with only one guitar and the singer's voice, seen below.

My girlfriend and me were overwhelmed with emotions and I held her in my arms through this song. Thanks, Murph.
The last thing worth mentioning: At their second last song, 'Let's Dance To Joy Division', a very awesome and let's-go-crazy type of song and its bridge, where the band and the crowd sang the words "Let the love tear us apart, I found a cure for a broken heart." I sang passionatly and waved my arms around, which caused the bassist, (the cute) Tord, to point at me and smile. That made my heart jump high, thanks, Tord.
Oh, and, for the sake of the complete band: Thanks, Dan, for being there and being you.

And finally, last friday, my girlfriend and me drove to Würzburg in Germany to see another one of our favorite bands: Bring Me The Horizon with support from PVRIS, another one of our favorite bands and Beartooth. They played in the Posthalle, one of the biggest venues I went to. BMTH is a British metalcore band, if you don't know them by now, you should definetily check them out. Würzburg is about two and a half hours away from where I live and due to me having school and the length of the drive, we arrived very late and missed Beartooth and sadly, all but two songs of PVRIS. That did not bring us down and so we waited for the highlight of this week: Bring Me The Horizon. The lights went out, the screen on the stage showed the big That's The Spirit-umbrella and the crowd started screaming.

As soon as they started playing, the whole crowd went absolutely crazy. Moshpits were all over the place and the singer organized some walls of death and a circle pit. I missed this. I missed screaming out my lungs. I missed jumping synchronised with hundreds of people. I missed pushing each other the hardest but caring about one another. If someone falls down in the pit or has to tie his show, everyone is so nice and caring and you can hardly feel more safe than in a moshpit. I missed the unknown source of the sweat you're currently tasting, you never know if it's yours or someone else's. All the songs they played were a highlight themself. My personal favorite moments were screaming "Go to hell, for heaven's sake!" with hundred of others, jumping around to 'Throne', having my girlfriend on my shoulders at 'Blessed With A Curse' and most of all, the last song: Drown. One of my favorites, if not my favorite. The whole song, espacially the bridge is so magical itself but singing it with so many other people was just pure perfection. With the last chorus, black confetti (from which I brought something home) rained down on us. It gave me the chills of my live and I nearly fucking cried. I was so happy in this moment and after it. Thanks a lot, you handsome Britons. This was more than beautiful.

At the way out, I could not just walk past the merch stand without taking some of this more than beautiful things home.

This shirt (The same motive with the words 'Don't let me drown.' is on the back.) and this hoodie (The umbrella is on the back.) may now be my new favorites. My girlfriend bought herself the umbrella-flag and a PVRIS shirt. We decided to wait near the tourbus for some bandmembers, after waiting for about one hour we decided to leave, sadly we only met Alex from PVRIS, who is also one of the nicest people on the earth. We were scared to go up to him, but he was so nice and sweet and signed our tickets and made a hugging-picture with us. I'd love to meet him again. The drive back home was beautiful, let me explain it further:

I love driving. Espacially at night and espacially with my girlfriend. So I don't mind if concerts are more or less far away. The lights and the music we listen to just work together perfectly. Some other perfectly fitting things are coffee, stopping at parking lots or my fingers intertwined with my girlfriend's.

This picture is from or trip to the netherlands but it still fits perfectly.

If you came this far, hi! Thank you, you are awesome. I love concerts, the pictures I get out of them and the feeling during or after them. It was an important and nice topic to write about. We'll see/read/text/hear each other soon. Goodbye, lovely human.

T/\KE C/\RE.

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- German finished coming soon -
- Deutsche Übersetzung bald fertig -

Meine Woche - Rap, Indie, Metalcore.

Hallo. Was geht so? Wunderbar! Deine Haare sehen heute super aus.

Also, meine letzte Woche war voll mit einem meiner Lieblingsdinge dieser Erde: Konzerte. Ich hab Gerard mit Lot als Support am 31.10. gesehen, The Wombats mit Kid Astray am 4.11. und Bring Me The Horizon mit PVRIS und Beartooth am 6.11. 3 Konzerte in 6 Tagen. Ich fand das super. Ich will darüber schreiben. Also hab ich mir eine schöne Tasse schwarzen Yorkshire Tee (ja, schon wieder.) gemacht und einfach angefanen.
Als Erstes: Gerard. Er rappt auf deutsch und kommt aus Österreich, wo das Konzert auch war, genauer in Dornbirn im Conrad Sohm. Ich war für zwei Wochen bei meiner Freundin und meine Mum hat uns zwei Tickets daf+r gekauft, weil es an meinem Geburtstag war. Dornbirn ist nur eine halbe Stunde mit dem Auto davon entfernt, wo meine Freundin wohnt, also sind wir kurz vor der Abenddämmerung los gefahren, was die Fahrt unglaublich schön gemacht hat. Von der Straße aus konnten wir die Alpen sehen und die Wolken darum und die dahinter untergehende Sonne und gott, es war einfach wunderschön. Der Club an sich war etwas schwerer zu finden, er war nämlich im Wald versteckt. Ja, versteckt. Wir haben jemanden an einer Tankstelle gefragt und nachdem wir sechs mal vorbei gefahren sind und auf einer Wandererkarte geschaut haben, waren beim siebten Vorbeifahren die Lichter des Clubs an. Ich schwöre bei meiner CD-Sammlung, dass sie vorher nicht an waren.

Wir waren 10 Minuten vor Einlass da, also haben wir uns noch vor den Eingang auf die Treppen gesetzt und geraucht, bevor wir rein sind. Der Club war sehr klein und bis Gerard auf die Bühne kam, waren nur ungefähr 40 Leute da. Also stellten meine Freundin und ich uns in die erste Reihe als die Vorband Lot angefangen hat. Ich hab vorher nur einen Song von ihm mal gehört, er macht etwas in Richtung deutsche Indie-Musik- Sein Auftritt war sehr gut, aber nach ein paar Liedern, ein paar betrunkene Mädchen kamen direkt vor die Bühne, wedelten mit ihren armen herum und schrien, als wären sie, naja, betrunken. Sie führten das den Rest des Abends fort, was sehr nervend war. Ein paar Minuten nach der Show von Lot und einem heldenhaft auf die Bühne kletternden und süße handgeschriebene Setlists ergatternden Danny, kam Gerard auf die Bühne.

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Wenn ihr noch nichts von ihm gehört habt, solltet ihr das mal. Seine Lieder und hauptsächlich seine Beats mit seiner Stimme sind so magisch, wie man es von Deutschrap eigentlich nicht erwartet. Die Lichter passten perfekt zu seiner Musik die Show war pure Magie. Der Fakt, dass nicht so viele Menschen da waren, hat es schwer gemacht, durch zu drehen und rum zu springen, also hielt ich einfach meine Freundin in meinen Armen und genoss die Musik und den auf der Bühne rumhüpfenden Typ, was genauso schön war.
Nach der Show warteten wir auf Lot, um unsere Setlists zu unterschreiben (Welcher nicht raus kam. Seufz.) und auf Gerard, um uns ein paar Umarmungen zu geben. Meine Freundin kaufte sich etwas am Merchstand und dann haben wir ihn getroffen und fuck, er ist einer der nettesten Menschen dieser Erde. Er ist so niedlich und es ist so angenehm, mit ihm zu reden, er wirkt nicht wie ein Star oder etwas in der Art, sondern mehr wie Ein Freund, dem ich grade dabei zu geschaut habe, wie er Musik macht. Er schenkte mir ein Polaroid, unterschrieb unsere Tickets und wir versuchten, Bilder zu machen. Ja, versuchten. Das Mädchen, das VERSUCHTE, Bilder von uns zu machen hatte dies anscheinend noch nie gemacht, also kamen wir zurück, nach dem wir uns verabschiedet hatten und endlich bekamen wir unsere überbelichteten Bilder, auf denen wir ihn umarmen und verabschiedeten uns erneut. Wenn du das liest, Gerald, bleib, wer du bist!

Die Fahrt zurück war sehr beruhigend. Ich gehe da später drauf ein.

Am Mittwoch nach Gerard fuhren meine Freundin, ein guter Freund, seine Freundin und ich knappe Einderthalb Stunden zum Den Atelier in Luxembourg, um eine meiner Lieblingsbands zu sehen, The Wombats. Ich halte eine tiefe Liebe für lange Autofahrten, besonders mit meiner Freundin, aber ich hasse es, durch große Städte zu fahren. Also, nachdem ich eine rote Ampel überfahren hatte und von drei anderen Autofahrern angehupt wurde, fanden wir endlich ein billiges Parkhaus, aßen etwas, kauften Zigaretten (Sie sind in Luxemburg billiger als in Deutschland) und gingen zu dem kleinen Club. Ich war vorher schon zwei mal da, also war es echt schön, mal wieder dort zu sein. Nach dem wir für eine Stunde gewartet hatten, konnten wir rein und warteten auf die Bands. Die Vorband, Kid Astray, von denen ich vorher nie gehört hatte, ist eine norwegische Indie-Band. Sie waren mehr als super und alle waren begeistert, was zu unfassbar niedlichen Reaktionen der Band führte. Nach ein paar Minuten mit soundchecking wurde der Raum dunkel und eine meiner absoluten Lieblingsbands waren mit mir in einem Raum: The Wombats.