I only discovered Kacey Musgraves back in March this year when her third album "Golden Hour" came out. I was blown away with this album and was on the hunt to see if she was playing Glasgow any time soon. And I was in luck, although tickets were already on sale for this gig, there were still quite a few tickets left and my mum was up for it too so we snapped a few up.
So fast forward to yesterday and we got there in plenty of time for the single support act for the night Soccer Mummy. I'm glad I found out stage times before hand as doors opened at 6.30 but Soccer Mummy wasn't on till 7.50. But it did mean we didn't have to queue at any point. Sophie Allison or Soccer Mummy is her stage name also had 3 other band members with her. A guitarist, bassist and drummer. I quite enjoyed her 40ish minute set. The tone of her music is quite relaxing and she has quite soothing vocals. She also had quite good chat in between songs which the crowd warmed to. I did like the way the guitarist would go off on wee guitar solos at the end of some of the songs too.
It set the scene quite nicely for Kacey Musgraves. She was due on at 9pm but for some reason or another she didn't come on till 9.20pm. But even with the slightly delay she still stormed through a 17 song set along with a 3 song encore. Most of the set was quite rightfully built around the latest album "Golden Hour". I know she had quite a reputation before this album but this album has seemed to have propelled her further into the spotlight. My personal highlights was a nice acoustic rendition of "Oh what a world" and also one of her older songs "Merry go round". But really the whole set was really good. I can't remember the song but there was one song which turned into a 2-3 minute jam session which was excellent and also unexpected.
For most of the set everyone was seated but when the likes of "Velvet Elvis" and "Follow your arrow" started more and more people began to stand and by the end of the set everyone was standing. Especially for the final song "High horse". It will be interesting to see what direction takes with her music. Obviously "Golden hour" was hugely successful but the majority of the songs on it were quite laid back with emphasis on her amazing vocals (which really shone through tonight). But in that album she also has these upbeat dancy numbers which the crowd clearly love too. It was one of those gigs where its appropriate to sit down for 3/4s of it and then standing for the other quarter. So what venue is really suitable for her?! Well I suppose a comprimise would be a place with standing and seating, for example the hydro. But could she sell that out with her next album? Time will tell...
Overall an excellent night.
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