Spector gear up for their biggest year yet with packed Lexington gig

13 March 2015, 13:59 | Written by Thomas Hannan

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Glamorous indie types Spector played a host of new material to a sold-out crowd at The Lexington in north London last night, whetting the appetite for their forthcoming, as yet untitled second LP.

New material was mixed in with a host of singles from their debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts, with mosh pits erupting for “Twenty Nothing” and “Chevvy Thunder”. But having made much recently of this being “a sweet sweet Spector 2.0”, the band reserved particular gusto for synth-driven new songs such as the Dev Hynes collaboration “Decade of Decay” and slinky groove of “Cocktail Party”.

This run of intimate shows ahead of a larger tour later in the year also sees Danny Blandy, previously the band’s drummer, moving to keys – which have an increasingly prominent role in the Spector sound, it seems – and “Joann from Lille” being introduced to the crowd as the group’s new drummer.

Frontman Fred Macpherson indulged in taking photos of the audience on a disposable camera throughout a raucous, penultimate rendition of “Never Fade Away”, which saw the crowd on lead vocal duties for the most part. New single “All The Sad Young Men”, which closed the night, was given an equally boisterous reception; a clear demonstration of the leaps and bounds taken in sonics and songwriting from their debut, it was a tantalising glimpse of a maturation that should see 2015 become Spector’s best year yet.

Setlist:

Lately It’s You (Moth Boys)
Don’t Make Me Try
Decade of Decay
20 Nothing
Celestine
Stay High
Cocktail Party
Chevy Thunder
Believe
Never Fade Away
All The Sad Young Men