I think I saw Speed of Purple not at their best, especially since there were only two of the three members on stage. The music lacked depth, and they seemed to struggle with their nerves. The set up was a bit strange and crowd was fairly sparse for The Zoo, but it was early. The setup on stage was strange especially with the percussionist straddling her drum. I suspect that Speed of Purple are fairly reliant on each other to create a good sound, which just doesn’t quite work when you take someone out of the picture. Mixing was surprising of a high standard for an early act at The Zoo, however it was only a keyboard, drum and vocals.
Performance 6
Technical 7
The Hampdens
The crowd started to build during The Hampdens set. The crowd became noisier as it grew, with very few people taking the time to shut-the-hell-up to take in the pleasant relaxed ambient rock set. Susannah Legge’s vocals are something really special. It would have been a far more enjoyable set without the noisy crowd and feedback issues.
Performance 7
Technical 6
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke opens her set with a lovely solo version of Out and In before the rest of her band joins her on stage. This gig was about a month before the release of her debut album “Little Eve”. Consequently her set drew heavily from it. Little Adam sounded better then it had ever before. Kate’s cover of Britney Spear’s Toxic really got the crowd going. Other highlights included, The Space They Cannot Touch, Mama and of course the then very new quirky single Words to finish the set. The crowd were left wanting more and Kate didn’t disappoint with an encore including the cult hit Australian Idol. The only thing holding this back from another perfect 10 performance was that it lacked the now expected costume change.
Performance 9
Technical 7
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