gig archive

🩶 the oxford cellar — 11 nov 1998

setlist:
midnight vessel // foxglove hymn // tell your secrets (new!!) // sugarcut skin // hollow house (encore)

small crowd (maybe 70 people tops), but the energy was unreal. raziel opened with that tiny smile — the one that makes everyone go quiet. doreann looked like he was holding the whole room together with his bassline. santi broke a stick two minutes in and just kept going with one hand. someone threw a daisy onstage and rafe tucked it into his strings. tragic and beautiful in hindsight.

🖤 manchester youth hall — 14 sept 1998

setlist:
hollow house // burning film // glass lungs // foxglove hymn // midnight vessel

the boys’ loudest gig by far. santi’s mum was in the crowd — she cried during “foxglove hymn.” doreann’s amp gave out mid-song, and rafe covered by freestyling lyrics about the power going out (“even the lights are shy”). someone said they recorded it on a walkman. if you’ve got that tape, email us pls!!!

🤍 brighton undercroft — 22 july 1998

setlist:
glass cathedral (intro) // hollow house // slow heaven // foxglove hymn

tiny venue, humid night. doreann’s hometown crowd. fans handed out photocopied zines with doodles of the band. santi wore sunglasses indoors for the entire gig, called it his “rockstar era.” the crowd sang the last line of “slow heaven” louder than raziel. it was magic.

🕯 oxford memorial vigil — 14 nov 1998

not a gig, but we’re including it here because it *felt* like one.

fans gathered outside the oxford cellar two nights after the crash. candles everywhere. a tape deck played “tell your secrets” on loop. someone brought a drumstick with “bad boy bitch blick” written on it. doreann’s old bass pick was left by the door. when the tape rewound, everyone swore they heard raziel whisper: “again.”