Karnivool: I’m a messenger sent and I know it’s in my head
I’ve not seen Karnivool the same amount of times as Birds of Tokyo, but I got into them first. Kenny is a brilliant singer, and I love his voice and his work. I really liked their EP Persona and their album Themeta but haven’t really listened to Sound Awake that much, on initial listens I didn’t find any songs to have the same hook as songs from Themeta, but I think it’s one of those albums that grow on you.
The gig was at the Metro, not at the Enmore as I thought it was. This is good for me because Metro is easy to get to, I love that venue, and much prefer the sound there. The support band was Sugar Army, they played songs that were a mixture of tribal/Indian tunes and melodic rock, and they were a great support band. Karnivool played a mixture of Themeta and Sound Awake material, primarily Sound Awake (as I didn’t recognise the songs). A lot of the old songs got huge movement within the crowd and singing, Themeta blew the place away. Change pt1 was the encore, which is a long long long song, and fitting for an end (I was hopeing that Change would mix into some EP stuff, but alas it did not.
Karnivool provided a good gig, their visuals was great, with some screens and projection and lights (borrowed from Birds of Tokyo), provided a nice visual soundscape to accompany the music. I think it’s probably the most impressive visual gig I’ve seen for a low budget band… tickets were only 40 dollars. They’re playing tonight at the Metro All Ages, so if you’re reading this as soon as it gets posted, you have 1 hour to get to the Metro 
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