The Future Kings of Spain returned to glory at ‘The Village on Friday night by doing something all new bands dream about, releasing a great second album (‘Nervousystem’) to a sold out crowd in one of Dublin’s hippest venues. After four years in the making and some record company financial troubles, the groups second album has finally been released to a hungry fan base. Joe and crew looked delighted and enthusiastic as they preformed a high energy show with a few hundred of their closet friends in the packed Village.
The group played a set packed with standard classics, their biggest hits and a fantastic selection from their new album which sounds like it will be more than worth the wait (I would have bought it at the gig but too much drink in my belly meant very little money in my wallet).
Unfortunately not knowing the new material meant I couldn’t enjoy the show as well as I did the last time I saw them, but it was none the less a fantastic night and I will happily go and see again them as soon as I can.
The FKOS are without a doubt Ireland’s current leading Hard Rock champions of the current Indie/Alt scene and have been since the release of their first album. Since then we have seen Bell X1 shoot to stardom, Paddy Casey take a few years off, Turn Disband and other acts have just begun to fall into slumps. If new Irish bands out there can measure up the energy and song writing quality of such FKOS classics as ‘Venetian Blinds’, ‘Hanging Around’, ‘Meanest Sound’ and new songs such as ‘Lost and Found’, ‘Syndicate’ and ‘Kick in the Teeth’ then the future looks bright for the Irish Music scene.
Setlist:
Guess Again
One More Mistake
1981
Venetian Blinds
Lost and Found
Upside Down
Disappear
Face I Know
Meanest Sound
Kick in the Teeth
You Dream in Solid
So Wrong
This is the End
Hanging Around
Syndicate
Kick it
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