Thursday 5 May 2022

Second rehearsal - Georgia

Postcard: We got the Maltese postcard instead of the Georgian one. It was pretty.

Styling-wise it's like they're all trying to out-hipster each other. With a whole lot of steampunk in it too. Hats, goggles, eyepatches.. it's quite circusy but like something from a horror film version of a circus. We never get to see the lead singer's eyes. The LED walls  and the floor are showing a lot of mouths. Sometimes huge, sometimes small. The guy with the frilly collar from the video isn't on stage, but is featured a lot on the LED screens instead. 

Vocals:  The chorus sounds totally fine. But the verses are sounding quite strange. The lead singer is only singing in the lower octave, while the high falsetto vocals is barely heard. This makes it sound quite messy and unbalanced, and not at all like the studio version. Is the singer can't do the falsetto live, maybe they should have asked Mika to come and help them out. 

Colours: Lots of turquoise. Purple. Pink. Some red lights. Sometimes yellow. Everything, really.

Is it live: Based on the soundcheck photos I thought this would be more live than it is, based on everyone having a microphone. But it doesn't sound like it. At all. Rather, I think they're probably among the ones using the most pre-recorded vocals. That might be what's causing the issue with the verse. Perhaps the high falsetto vocal is just a pre-recorded backing vocal, and we don't hear it well because it's mixed too low?

Will it qualify: I've previously thought this had pretty good chances of doing so. But the performance is a bit of a mess. It feels like they'e having fun, but we're not invited to join them. So as for now I'm gonna guess it's a no. 

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