The Psychedelic Furs Packs La Trinchera In Malaga & Show They Still Have It After Almost 50 Years

Iconic 80s group The Psychedelic Furs played their first-ever performance successful Malaga connected Tuesday, November 18, treating a packed location astatine La Trinchera, Malaga, to a broad reappraisal of their champion hits from nan 1980s, 90s and 2000s. Despite their almost 50 aliases truthful years connected nan scene, they astir decidedly proved they still person it.

Many things had changed. The line-up, but of people still pinch brothers Richard and Tim Butler; nan oversea of grey hairsbreadth successful nan audience; and nan show of camera phones complete nan heads of nan audience, but nan sound was conscionable arsenic powerful and crisp arsenic ever. And not a whiff of barren crystal these days.

Setlist conscionable arsenic crisp arsenic ever

The setlist was a operation of highlights from LPs Talk Talk Talk, Forever Now, and Mirror Moves, and nan much rock-enthused Made of Rain (2020). Even immoderate of nan ‘far-too-young’ 40-somethings mouthed nan lyrics to nan classics from nan throng.

The unrecorded show kicked disconnected pinch nan opus “Heaven”, which was followed by, among others, “My Time” and “The Ghost successful You”. Many of nan songs were sung and hummed on by nan predominantly middle-aged audience. Tracks featuring references to post-punk, caller wave, and psychedelic stone were coming passim nan 1 hr and 20 minutes of nan night.

The often raw, yet sometimes saccharine and warm, sound of Richard Butler remains unmistakable, arsenic do his flailing loose-sleeved arms, arsenic his relative Tim Butler (bass) accompanied him connected stage, pointing retired straight those singing on successful nan audience, aliases what would person been a mosh pit 40 years ago.

Seeing them backmost connected shape was a joy; they were happy to beryllium location and good loved, particularly by truthful galore for whom this would person been their first Furs gig.

Following a little hiatus successful nan 90s and a parallel task called Love Spit Love, nan set regrouped astatine nan dawn of nan caller millennium. The Psychedelic Furs’ touring lineup continues to characteristic Richard Butler (vocals) and Tim Butler (bass), pinch Amanda Kramer (keyboards), Rich Good (guitar), and Zack Alford (drums) completing nan lineup now.

After truthful long, nan power and tone of nan Psychedelic Furs had not waned 1 bit, nor had nan nosy they were having lapping up nan love.