Is it an omen?
Mar. 18th, 2026 01:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo it’s time for the inevitable gig post about Waterparks.
First the tip there. I downloaded some books on the kindle app to read on the train but when I got on I found I utterly lacked the focus. Maybe in part due to early start or the drilling/sawing this morning but it wasn’t there. Then I got hit by random sadness which didn’t help either, coupled with anxiety which only grew.
In Birmingham I set out for food, checking a few places before deciding to give the new sushidog place a try. It’s basically subway only instead of a roll it’s a big sushi (roughly as long as my pad). I went for the tofu option and it was mostly good though there was something crunchy in it (Ithink crispy onions) that detracted from the taste. I dunno if I’ll have it again, we’ll see. But I was surprised there’s a reward app for it.
After a lil wander I went to the venue, anxiety rising and joined the queue. Thankfully there wasn’t long to wait but I didn’t feel like trying to distract by reading.
Inside I looked at merch, which was the same as the eu dates so there wasn’t much choice, I got the rainbow parx tee cause I had liked the look of it and will probably wear it for 5 Seconds Of Summer in two weeks.
There was only one support, Greywind and they were pretty good, I’d not heard them before and not sure I will again, but it’s nice to see a female fronted band.
After a little wait (and figuring out the wi-fi), it was time for Waterparks. (And I got a semi decent spot, albeit sometimes getting the view of Geoff and Awsten’s heads cut off when they came my side of the stage)
The show was split into four sections, each introduced by a guy on a screen (who I didn’t recognise) (and yes there was a screen, I’d not seen one at this venue before so thay was strange). The sections were happiness, sadness, anticipation (the new songs) and anger (Awsten’s favourite part according to the guy).
Happiness was fun cause it had a lot of spinning from Geoff which was cute. I love his lil spins so many. Sadness had a lil acoustic section, which included Crave, though most songs were shorter and not full ones, anticipation included the three new songs plus Prowler which seemed to go fast and was growly.
There were two song choices
Peach or Telephone (Peach won, so I got to hear him sing la la la lombotomy)
Gloom Boyd’s or Not Warriors (damnit I’d have loved to hear Not Warriors but alas it was Gloom Boys which was still fun)
There was gonna be a third, 21 questions or Lucky People, but Awsten went with Lucky People cause someone at the met and greet walked down the aisle to it which was sweet.
(I also half expected Anger to have Ice but it didn’t)
Memorable things that I can remember
*Awsten hyping up Geoff and Otto multiple times, especially Otto
*Awsten lasted three songs before clinging onto Geoff’s leg
*He told a story about something that ‘freaked him out’ a seagull eating a dead rat with a bloody beak, he took this as an omen, but couldn’t decide if it was good or bad (until he decided it meant a certain someone was going to die soon and we’d feast one him)
*Awsten remembered that Fandom live was filmed there (i need it so bad damnit), he remembered the venue cause of the gold stuff on the balconies specifically cause the venue name had changed
*He was repeatedly apologetic for the last tour being three years ago, saying there would be a new one soon as soon as the album comes out (which is ‘soon’
*he also repeatedly thanked us for showing up and he was glad to do a tour without just playing a new album
They always know how to but on a great show and Awsten is a natural talent. He’s just so funny and a yapper so it makes it feel… I dunno, it’s nice. It’s fun. Plus it was a great line up of songs (alas no Fruit Roll Ups) which were from all of the bands eras. And I liked the concept of making the sections themed around an emotion that was a nice idea.
(I was a bit sad to see Thrice are playing at the same venue tomorrow, but then they’re probably playing the newer stuff I’ve not heard)
After the show I raced to the station but missed a train by a few minutes (thankfully not the last one). So I grabbed a drink and some sushi and waited for it. On the train back I did read the intro chapter of one of the books, Strange Pictures, but that’s it.
Gonna rest up now and might make another post in a few days. It might be the music stuff I love post, since I wanna post music stuff anyway so may as well do it for that, or maybe I’ll work on fic, who knows. Mainly I’ll likely be sidetracked by pokopia,
First the tip there. I downloaded some books on the kindle app to read on the train but when I got on I found I utterly lacked the focus. Maybe in part due to early start or the drilling/sawing this morning but it wasn’t there. Then I got hit by random sadness which didn’t help either, coupled with anxiety which only grew.
In Birmingham I set out for food, checking a few places before deciding to give the new sushidog place a try. It’s basically subway only instead of a roll it’s a big sushi (roughly as long as my pad). I went for the tofu option and it was mostly good though there was something crunchy in it (Ithink crispy onions) that detracted from the taste. I dunno if I’ll have it again, we’ll see. But I was surprised there’s a reward app for it.
After a lil wander I went to the venue, anxiety rising and joined the queue. Thankfully there wasn’t long to wait but I didn’t feel like trying to distract by reading.
Inside I looked at merch, which was the same as the eu dates so there wasn’t much choice, I got the rainbow parx tee cause I had liked the look of it and will probably wear it for 5 Seconds Of Summer in two weeks.
There was only one support, Greywind and they were pretty good, I’d not heard them before and not sure I will again, but it’s nice to see a female fronted band.
After a little wait (and figuring out the wi-fi), it was time for Waterparks. (And I got a semi decent spot, albeit sometimes getting the view of Geoff and Awsten’s heads cut off when they came my side of the stage)
The show was split into four sections, each introduced by a guy on a screen (who I didn’t recognise) (and yes there was a screen, I’d not seen one at this venue before so thay was strange). The sections were happiness, sadness, anticipation (the new songs) and anger (Awsten’s favourite part according to the guy).
Happiness was fun cause it had a lot of spinning from Geoff which was cute. I love his lil spins so many. Sadness had a lil acoustic section, which included Crave, though most songs were shorter and not full ones, anticipation included the three new songs plus Prowler which seemed to go fast and was growly.
There were two song choices
Peach or Telephone (Peach won, so I got to hear him sing la la la lombotomy)
Gloom Boyd’s or Not Warriors (damnit I’d have loved to hear Not Warriors but alas it was Gloom Boys which was still fun)
There was gonna be a third, 21 questions or Lucky People, but Awsten went with Lucky People cause someone at the met and greet walked down the aisle to it which was sweet.
(I also half expected Anger to have Ice but it didn’t)
Memorable things that I can remember
*Awsten hyping up Geoff and Otto multiple times, especially Otto
*Awsten lasted three songs before clinging onto Geoff’s leg
*He told a story about something that ‘freaked him out’ a seagull eating a dead rat with a bloody beak, he took this as an omen, but couldn’t decide if it was good or bad (until he decided it meant a certain someone was going to die soon and we’d feast one him)
*Awsten remembered that Fandom live was filmed there (i need it so bad damnit), he remembered the venue cause of the gold stuff on the balconies specifically cause the venue name had changed
*He was repeatedly apologetic for the last tour being three years ago, saying there would be a new one soon as soon as the album comes out (which is ‘soon’
*he also repeatedly thanked us for showing up and he was glad to do a tour without just playing a new album
They always know how to but on a great show and Awsten is a natural talent. He’s just so funny and a yapper so it makes it feel… I dunno, it’s nice. It’s fun. Plus it was a great line up of songs (alas no Fruit Roll Ups) which were from all of the bands eras. And I liked the concept of making the sections themed around an emotion that was a nice idea.
(I was a bit sad to see Thrice are playing at the same venue tomorrow, but then they’re probably playing the newer stuff I’ve not heard)
After the show I raced to the station but missed a train by a few minutes (thankfully not the last one). So I grabbed a drink and some sushi and waited for it. On the train back I did read the intro chapter of one of the books, Strange Pictures, but that’s it.
Gonna rest up now and might make another post in a few days. It might be the music stuff I love post, since I wanna post music stuff anyway so may as well do it for that, or maybe I’ll work on fic, who knows. Mainly I’ll likely be sidetracked by pokopia,
no subject
Date: 2026-03-18 07:23 am (UTC)This is so sweet! I'm glad those people got to hear it live.
I'm partial to seagulls (they were my new year bird this year, too) so I'm happy to corroborate it as a good omen. Seagulls are resilient opportunists. If we feast on rat, at least we feast.
no subject
Date: 2026-03-18 08:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-03-18 05:22 pm (UTC)Oh nice! I didn’t even know new year birds were a thing! But yeah that is a good point
no subject
Date: 2026-03-18 05:23 pm (UTC)