Thursday, October 30, 2025

Gus Gus - live @ Radio Palac, Prague - 19.10.25

I preferred them during their previous visit to Prague, when the waved their arms around like traffic wardens.  


The singer has a great voice, and looks like he has an ageing portrait in his attic.  He conducts several costume changes.  The DJ, on the other hand, looks like he’s stayed up a few hours past his bedtime.  The 2nd vocalist looks like a young Annie Lennox and brings a welcome dimension to the backing vocals, even if most of them are on a backing track.  Sometimes she wanders off stage for a few songs.  There is a noticeable absence of traffic warden dance moves this time, much to their detriment.

Their material is shiny, accessible and untaxing fare.  Lyrics often centre on a single phrase or word - “Higher”, “David”, “Over” - which is then repeated for the last two minutes of the song.  

The accompanying projected imagery is the worst of current digital artistry:  just-because-we-can visuals that consist of a galloping horse with snakes coming out of its head, a big red skull or the band logo spinning around.


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Bootleg:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/12aM0C_YuSqaAcp5sLJHaR9VDF838cMpC/view?usp=drive_link