SATURDAY 24th AUGUST 2002
Setlist : Alice In The Looking Glass, Gonna Make You Mine,
Fatboy Sin, Smokescreen, Wander Why, Borderline, Do you Remember When?, Ride The
Wave, The Works, Sacred Face, Not You, Where I Wanna Be, Something Burning,
Don’t Hold Your Breath, Queen Of King, Sit Down Fall Down
Approx running time : 1 hour
Yet another new venue for
the South London Rockers, this time moving north-west to Hounslow for a bank
holiday weekend gig. Support was from Jamie Rogers, a singer songwriter from
Feltham, who played a simple yet effective acoustic set. By the time the
headline band came on, the audience was sparse to say the least. A
disappointment for MIRMIS, as they had worked so hard to get this far. But oddly
enough, where previous shows had been lacking in performance when the audience
was small, tonight's gig could have possibly been the best gig they have done,
musically. They were tight, controlled and totally professional. Totally at ease
with material new and old, no new numbers were previewed tonight, but the 3
newest tracks had already begun to develop, with NOT YOU proving to get stronger
and stronger as each gig goes by. Another notable in this set was the opening
song, ALICE which had always been mid set, this time proved a strong an opening
as any, with RIDE THE WAVE being the mid set filler. Otherwise the rest of the
set was as strong as normal, and some of the songs missing from the previous gig
had returned where MIRMIS had a little more freedom to express and improve all
their numbers. On occasion it seemed like a rehearsal gig, but if it was the
case, MIRMIS could have a cause to sell tickets to their rehearsal, such is the
strength of this band now. Greater things must beckon and now MIRMIS have an
identity which isn’t set in stone, and they are showing that almost any type
of material in the rock sphere could be rubber stamped with the MIRMIS sound. If
they were about 30 years ago, they would have been big. Maybe the current music
scene in Britain will adapt to take them on board.