The gig at Sjunde Himlen, Borås (Sweden)

Audience: About 500
Length: 60 min

So it was time to once again head back to Sjunde Himlen (Heaven no 7) in Beseech's and my own hometown Borås.
Last years total success with the releaseparty for Drama would be hard to top and my own expectations were lower than last year. It was easter saturday and that's not usually a day when a lot of people go to concerts right, but hopefully there would be quite a good crowd anyway.
I met up with the band while they were doing their soundcheck, I got the opportunity to hear Outpost and Lost from the new album before everyone elseand I'm very pleased with what I heard. I had only heard bits and pieces of the songs in the studio before but now I got to hear to entire songs performed live. And if this is what the new album is going to sound like we're all in for a real treat. I can hardly wait to get my hands on a copy of Sunless Days.

Well, back to the evening at hand now. Beseech finished their soundcheck by performing Lost, a beautiful ballad with only Lotta's singing and Mikaels piano. Well, that's not enterily true actually, Lotta was joined on stage by her friend Helena Lindhe who would help out with the chorus on the song this evening.
When Beseech was done with their soundcheck it was time for former Beseech guitarist Klas Bohlin's new band Depressive Art to do theirs. These guys are really good so go check out their website here>>.

For Beseech's part it was time to get ready for the gig and everyone was scattered all over the place, I got the chance to join Mikael, Lotta and Helena in Mikaels home where they got ready for the gig. Thanks for the drink and sandwiches by the way Mikael. Actually it was close that this report was never written, when we went out to catch a cab to Sjunde Himlen again I almost got shot down by some fireworks. It's a tradition here in sweden to shoot up a lot of fireworks at easter and a bunch of punk ass kids had decided to shoot their fireworks horizontally instead of verticaly. Luckily I was able to pull a Matrix move and get out of the way of the rocket coming right at me. But it was kind of fun actually, I've never seen Lotta get as made as she did, those kids shure got what was coming to them.
Well maybe you're not that interested in all of this but it was a memorable moment :)

At 9 pm Depressive Art hit the stage and performed their set. It was nice to see Klas back on stage, I haven't seen him on stage since he decided to leave Beseech. I really like their music, you should definately check them out. As you all know Klas is a great songwriter and that hasn't changed in this band. They made a great performance although a bit short in my opinion. I would not have mind to see more of these guys on stage.
Before it was time for Beseech to enter the stage, Iodine Jupiter made his appearance. This guy is a kind of poet I guess although he was a bit too far out for my taste.
Between Iodine Jupiter and Beseech there was a break so I met up with some old friends of mine, some of the guys from Why Not MC in Vetlanda (read that gigreport) and of course Ulf "Buffy" Classon who started this fanclub together with me. In anyway right before the gig we recorded a greeting from Beseech to all of the fans around the world, you can check it out right now in the news section.

At 11:15 på it was finally time for Beseech to enter the stage, almost everyone of the about 500 people that was there joined up infront of the stage. It's really amazin how proffessional Beseech has become, they haven't performed live since september 30:th last year but you really don't notice that. Everything sounds great from starting Souls Higway all the way to finishing Drama. New, or he isn't that new anymore but anyway Manne has really found his position well in the band and he sure makes a big difference to the sound when Beseech are performing live. It's fun to see how well the band works together on stage and Lotta and Erik really works great up front. They had put together a nice mix of old and new songs this evening and two brand new songs from the upcoming album Sunless Days. Lost is a very beautiful slow song with only piano and Lottas voice, Outpost is really something that could become a hit, heavy and it has a great refrain. It's just too bad that the new album won't be out until after the summer. Other than those Gimme Gimme and Between the lines are always a crowd pleaser and Manmade Dreams...well we all know what that song does to an audience :)
After the gig we could all focus on the party instead and what a party it was. I haven't had that much fun for a long time. And it continued all the way to the break of dawn. So I went back home a happy man.

I almost forgot to mention, Beseech really do have some seriously dedicated fans, we met three of them who had come all the way from Holland just to see Beseech perform this evening. That's what I call a true fan.
Well, 'til next time, take care.

Songlist:

Souls Highway
Fiction City
Manmade Dreams
Gimme gimme
Voices
Lost
Forever Falling
Higher Level
Between the lines
Bitch

Extra
Outpost
Drama

/Morgan

Videoclips taken during the show