Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Trianon, 30th November 2007, review by Alex
This one confirmed my opinion of concerts which take place in very
small cities or villages: Most of them are one of the best – and
also this INCREDIBLE show at the Trianon!
After a two hour car drive we arrived Sotteville-lès Rouen.
Therefore it was a Ultima Vez festival, Woven Hand began their show at
10 p.m. We checked our positions in front of David and then 90 minutes
of UNBELIEVABLE INTENSITY started:
“Snake Bite” from the tape was the intro before “My
Russia” was played. And then the evening started in an incredible
HEAVY and HARD direction. It seems that David loosed sometimes his
control and rocked like an animal. During “Tin Finger”
David leaned back on his stool and spitted in the air and simply went
mad. “Harm’s Way” rocked like a beast and with
“Aeolian Harp (Under the World)” David gave himself a
little time to get calmer for a moment at least. This time the intro
was longer played and it reminded me on the Nick Cave classic
“Stranger than Kindness”. “The Speaking Hands”
were AWESOME as always (still one of my favourite live songs!) and
after that, David played “a new song”: He made another
vocal improvisation and sang some lines of “Consecration”!
What a beautiful moment! Then the wonderful “Whistling
Girl” followed. “White Bird” with a lot of
improvisations was simply OUTSTANDING and before starting the next tune
David turned to Ordy and said in a deep and dark voice: “Slota
Prow” – and Ordy get the order and counted in: “One,
Two, Three, Four!” Also full with different improvisations (some
lines of “To make a Ring” at the beginning) the POWERFUL
“Your Russia” followed and left the audience sweating and
clapping for more. Then David returned alone for “Swedish
Purse/Phyllis Ann”. Then with “Winter Shaker” Woven
Hand gave the audience exactly what they want: AN OVERDOSE OF HEAVY AND
ROCKIN’ WOVEN HAND – it was incredible! David thanked Wim
and Ultima Vez for the inviting and then the next highlight came with
“American Wheeze” – the crowd went simply crazy and
sing along some lines like “And if I die, by your hand,
I’ve gotta home in glory land!”. Just typing this I’m
remembering the situation and it just send shivers down my spine.
“Deerskin Döll” (as stated on the setlist) and
“Dirty Blue” not finished only the show – these two
songs improved, why Woven Hand are one of the best live bands. Pascal
forget himself like David for a few seconds and kneed down while
playing – now everybody in the location recognised that some
magic happened at the “Trianon”.
The setlist:
Snake Bite
My Russia
Horse Head Fiddle/Tin Finger
Harm's Way
Aeolian Harp (Under the World)
The Speaking Hands
Improvisations (Consecration)
Whistling Girl
Improvisations
White Bird
Slota Prow/Down in yon Forest
To make a Ring/Your Russia
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Swedish Purse/Phyllis Ann
Winter Shaker
American Wheeze
Deerskin Doll
Dirty Blue
Alex 2007 |