Marianne goes to see The Temper Trap

So it has been a while since my last concert (Andrew McMahon which was last February...). Too long actually that it felt like I was experiencing everything for the first time again when I saw The Temper Trap last night. But there were some things I had learnt from the last time I was at the Forum that I knew for next time. For one: Arrive reasonably early. Do not at any cost be late. Two: wear comfy ass shoes. Three: There is a ledge by the barrier. Do not trip on the ledge and fall on the lesbians (refer to the Tegan and Sara post if you don't know what I'm talking about).

(Edit: Whoops I realised I hadn't mentioned about the lesbians. Well everyone at the concert had the same haircut as Tegan and Sara if you get me...anyway we were rushing to the front row that I didn't see the ledge by the barrier that my foot got left behind by the ledge as I fell face first onto a bunch of lesbians at the front and grabbed their whole bodies to break my fall. They just turned around looking pissed off and went 'There's always one'.)

With these pieces of advice that I left on a little post-it somewhere in my mind last time I was all set to go for a perfect night with The Temper Trap. It went by so perfectly that we were second in line with the perfect view right at the front middle:

Photo courtesy of my band buddy Jade

Alright so I'll try to make this short.
Things I noticed:
-Dougy's shirt had little love hearts.
-The warm up band Seekae?'s drummer/vocalist looks and dresses like Andrew McMahon (he was pretty good looking hehe). Besides that, I didn't like their performance not my cup o' tea.

Highlights:
-Everytime Dougy picked up an instrument; tambourine, guitar, drums
-Everytime Dougy danced. So unique and trancing
-The bassist who got so into it
-Love Lost, Down River, Science of Fear, The Drum Song, Soldier On. Okay, pretty much every song.
- The moment I heard the intro to Sweet Disposition. Just hearing it that moment that's been part of my life that is so familiar being played live in front of me...really unexplainable experience.

Lowlights:
The guys behind us were really annoying. They rested their hands on my shoulder, used my back as drums and just got up against me like every inch of their body against mine which normally I don't mind at concerts but it just wasn't the right kinda mood to do it.

Anyway, to sum it up The Temper Trap are an awesome band live. Dougy's voice is absolutely one of a kind. So freaking insanely unbelievably etc etc good. And he performed so comfortably with or without an instrument. Just wow. There were some awkward parts where I didn't know some songs from the new album that all I could do was bop around hoping they weren't looking at me not knowing the words. Also I would've liked a little more interaction from the band like a bit of talking between songs or maybe a funny story or something. But it felt like a special show because they are Melbourne boys and apparently The Forum is one of their favourite places to perform (according to Jade) :P The lighting, instruments and incredible vocals make for a surreal performance that is so amazing that you totally forget you have exams in a couple of weeks and are meant to be studying but it doesn't matter because it is so totally worth it.