[ATTENDED: November 11, 2024] Fazerdaze
When I saw Pond six years ago, I loved their opening act, Fascinator. I was equally intrigued by their opening act this time, Fazerdaze, although I didn’t really look into them too much.
When they came out on stage, it was just two of them facing each other in the center of the stage. Fazerdaze is the creation of Amelia Murray. She stood facing our side of the stage with her guitar and electronic gear. Dave Rowlands stood facing her with his guitar and synth.
And perhaps most interesting is that they’re from New Zealand.
Murray would start the drum loop and then the two of them would play together. The lights were dim so it wasn’t always clear who was doing what, but it was clear that it was Amelia’s show.
She told us that her new album was officially coming out at midnight and the set had five of the eleven songs in it.
The songs are mostly mellow with gentle psychedelic notions thrown in. Amelia has a terrific voice and the melodies were quite lovely. Although overall the vibe was a little too mellow for me. The set was fairly short, but it still felt a little long to me.
I also thought they were also a bit of an odd choice as an opening act since musically they are quite different. But I’m happy that they were getting exposure in the States and there were quite a lot of people there to see Fazerdaze. The woman in front of me sang along to every song and actually left (my area) when they were done.
SETLIST
- Break! ⇑
- Winter ⇑
- Soft Power §
- A Thousand Years §
- Purple_02 §
- Cherry Pie §
- Bigger §
⇑ Break!
§ Soft Power (2024)
| 2024 | 2018 |
| Daisy ⊥ | 30,000 Megatons ≅ |
| (I’m) Stung ⊗ | Waiting Around for Grace ⇔ |
| Neon River ⊗ | Sweep Me Off My Feet ≅ |
| America’s Cup ∇ | Fire in the Water ≅ |
| Sweep Me Off My Feet ≅ | Zen Automaton ≅ |
| So Lo ⊗ | Don’t Look at the Sun or You’ll Go Blind ♥ |
| Black Lung ⊗ | Sitting Up On Our Crane ⇔ |
| Constant Picnic ⊗ | Paint Me Silver ≅ |
| Edge of the World, Pt. 3 ⊗ | Edge of the World, Pt. 1 ≅ |
| Human Touch ∇ | Edge of the World, Pt. 2 ≅ |
| Aloneaflameaflower Ψ | Giant Tortoise Ψ |
| Paint Me Silver ≅ | The Weather ≅ |
| Giant Tortoise Ψ | encore |
| Toast ∇ | Midnight Mass (At the Market St. Payphone) Ψ |
| encore | Holding Out for You ⇔ |
| Fantastic Explosion of Time ♣ | Man It Feels Like Space Again ⇔ |
| Hang a Cross on Me ∇ | |
| Don’t Look at the Sun or You’ll Go Blind ♥ |
⊗ Stung (2014)
∇ 9 (2021)
⊥ Tasmania (2019)
≅ The Weather (2017)
⇔ Man It Feels Like Space Again (2015)
Ψ Hobo Rocket (2013)
♣ Beard, Wives, Denim (2012)
♥ Psychedelic Mango (2009)
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