In retrospect, I would rather have caught John Vanderslice supporting Death Cab back in March than the two bands who supported Great Lake Swimmers last week. Anyway, after two supports, on came Tony Dekker, quiet leader of the band and they kicked off about an hour or so of wistful, VERY low-key and intimate folk; Dekker on his acoustic, accompanied by a Banjo player and drummer for most of the set.
Gigs like this can go either way, much like the albums, and you were one of two people at the gig. Either you were quietly chatting away with the support band or you were taking Dekker's songs in and getting annoyed at the ones talking. Problem was that the songs were so quiet that the chatting was actually louder at times!
Dekker got everyone to shut up with a mesmerising and moving solo rendition of 'This Is Not Like Home'; you could literally hear a pin drop (think I did too). He's such a quiet character, and an unassuming frontman also. My mate went up to ask him for a setlist two seconds after he'd gotten off stage, and Dekker actually shyed away, bless him. Still, the mind wandered rarely during the setlist, and was a good advert for the 'South By South Wales' festival (see what they did there?).
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