The gig at Kashmir in Borås

Audience: 250-300= Full house
Length: 1 hour

Finally it was time for the long awaited gig infront of the home crowd. Allready in an early stage of the evening you could tell that both Beseech themselves and the audience was really looking forward to this gig. Trädgårn was filled with a wonderful atmosphere when people started to arrive.

The warmup band Weyland Yutani made an excellent permorfance and gave the crowd a real good warm up. This is definately a band to keep your eyes on in the future. You could tell by now that this was going to be a very pleasant evening for us all.
The fanclub was of course in place all evening spreading information and signing new members. We're still trying to make out some of the e-mail adresses given to us by people not that sober, but we'll get it....some time.

Beseech was really ancsious to start playing when they entered the stage at around 23.30, it was full speed ahead from the first note til the last. At it wasn't just Beseech giving all the had, th audience really showed what an audience should be like, screaming, jumping, headbanging and applauding. Everyone did what they could to be able to see Beseech, chairs, tables and other peoples shoulders was used frequently to be able to see over the rest of the crowds heads. The atmosphere was great, which was also notied on the band which gave it all they had, rock 'n' roll at the highest level.
From obvious resons it was the old songs that lead to most of the sing along, even if it showed that Souls Highway are strating to get out in the shops here in Sweden too now, some of the people in the crowd really had done their homework on the lyrics. Besides the old song you could definately say that the ABBA-cover Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! was the one bringing down the most noice of them all this night. Most seem to agree that Beseech has done a cover out of the ordinary with this one.

From the comments heard during and after the gig it seems that everyone really likes the new material and that they really hold to be played live. We can't recollect hearing a single negative comment, but maybe we just didn't listen too them.. In the crowd Souls Highway producer Christian "Bullen" Silver could be seen, which seemed to be enjoing himeslf like fish in water. From what we could make out of the screams and shouting he seemed to like what he heard. Former singer Jörgen Sjöberg was also there checking out his successor and former band colleges.

Tha massive support from the crowd made Beseech give it all the have and really rock their shirts off. The interplay between Erik and Lotta gets better for every gig that passes. The vocalists makes a dynamic frontduo that will grow stronger and stronger with the experience of live gigs. The european tour this fall is going to be something you don't want to miss. The front duo is flanked by the contrasts of Klas and Robert, which in turn has the energetic Daniel between them. In the back there's Mickael and Jonas giving security and stability to the band. Each playing their role in the sound that has gotten to be associated with Beseech.

Together with sound engineer Robert Ölund, Beseech are on their way to something big and the european tour will show that thay deserve a place among the great.
There's really not much more to do than take a bow and thank Beseech and the crowd at Trädgårn for a wonderful night.

/Morgan

Playlist:

A last farewell
Illusionate
Manmade dreams
Blinded
Velvet erotica
A season in green
Fiction City
Endless waters
Firewalk
Souls Highway
Between the lines

Extras:
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Shadowscape