Guillemots, Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
We have had the Guillemots CD, 'through the windowpane', for ages and first got to see them at the 'Outsider' festival, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park by Aviemore on Sunday 24th June this year.
It was a really wet weekend and the Guillemots (http://www.myspace.com/guillemotsmusic) had to do an Acoustic set because of the rain making the stage wet and therefore dangerous!. They were really,really good so Stephen bought tickets straight away when he saw that they were going to be at the Corn Exchange (http://www.ece.uk.com/), New Market Road, Edinburgh on Monday 20th August this year.
We got to the Corn Exchange at about 8pm, it is about a two and a half hour drive from home, but it was, worringly, all closed up. the few people milling about outside were all looking v.anxious. Eventually someone appeared and told us that the 'Gig' had been moved to the Liquid Rooms (http://www.liquidroom.com/), Victoria Street, which is in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh. The two guys (Alex & Emma) next to us had just got out of a taxi which had cost them £7.00 from the City Centre, so we gave them a lift back in - going to see the 'Guillemots' was Emmas birthday treat from her brother Alex!. We got parked quite easily in the Castle Terrace Car Park considering it is Edinburgh Festival at the moment.
The Venue was packed but we found a space by the merchandise table (St. bought some bright green,stripy 'Guillemots' socks!.)
The band came on just after 9.30pm and did a mixture of new and old tunes - we really liked the new stuff so can't wait for the Album. My favourites from 'through the windowpane' were 'annie let's not wait' (a good portion of the audience knew all the words!.) and 'blue would still be blue' which Fyfe Dangerfield sings solo with just a keyboard and no mic (the Air Con had to be turned off so we could hear him properly!.) He was brilliant - as was the whole band, who are all so obviously hugely talented people.
So thats it, glad we went and we will definitely go and see them again when we can!.
