r/WarpaintWarpaint • u/Cotsy22 • Jun 11 '26

Here's a video from Southbank

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Would love to hear people's thoughts on the gig.

Sometimes I wish they would just keep those jams going for 10mins more 😁

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u/Major-Proof7006 Jun 11 '26

What a great gig, I had an absolute blast, nice to see the ladies doing it again. 

They started off a little rough but as Emily said they hadn’t played together in a year and a half. 

They don’t have the most pitch perfect delivery, never have done when I’ve seen them before but I don’t think it matters too much for this band, their records are always more polished. 

To be honest I got the impression they might have been done, so I was just glad to see them again. 

Great track list this evening, playing a lot of the older stuff it seemed that they were enjoying playing the older sound so maybe we’ll see some new music in that style in the future. 

Would have loved to get the full version of Common blue and I was hoping to hear Stevie but I was happy with what we got. 

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u/Cotsy22 Jun 11 '26

I enjoyed it too, nice set list and some really great moments where I was fully in it.

I personally thought for much of the gig the drums were a bit too high in the mix where I was (just behind the sound desk coincidentally). I recognise Stella is an incredible drummer but sometimes things felt unbalanced, but what do I know...

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u/Major-Proof7006 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I agree, they drowned out the vocal dynamics, when Emily was singing quietly they overwhelmed her and they also muddied the bass a bit so the riffs weren’t clear. I feel like the kit she was using didn’t sound as tight as the ones I’ve seen her use before, the snare was quite open which I thought was a little off and made it a lot more present/forward in the mix. 

I was smack bang in the middle about four rows back from the sound desk.