Mystery Jets are go at Kazimier

On an oddly mild Liverpool Wednesday evening, away from the monstrosity which is Medication (I refuse to believe I am in the minority here), Mystery Jets came to town to play at the infamous Kazimier venue as part of their Radlands album tour.

The venue: makes for a nice change to Medication

First off, if you are unfamiliar with the endearing, off the wall spectacle which is Kazimier, I’ll try and paint you a picture. The perfect size venue, holding a capacity of around 300, providing in my opinion an intimacy unrivalled by anywhere else in Liverpool. Two floors, one for energy fuelled adolescents, looking to get involved in the inevitable crush, flail their hands, getting as close as they possibly can to the headline act, and another for the more reserved type who can safely survey the view from the semi circular balcony, whether they are sitting in the large array of sofas, armchairs or even ‘Cinderella style’ carriages (trust me, it’s cool).

Ok, drinks prices aren’t the best in town with myself having to pay £3 for a can of Red Stripe and £2.50 for a bottle of Becks, but hey I’ve seen worse and the sheer beauty of the place more than makes up for it.

Anyway, enough of my adoration and back to the gig. The night opened up nicely enough with with quartet ‘Best Friends’ (awwhh) kicking off the show with fellow support act ‘Drenge’ (terrible name but I’m sure they mean well) following shortly after to sufficiently invigorate the crowd for the headline act.

After a lengthy time of waiting around, which I suppose is only typical, (rock stars ey?) Blaine Harrison and co. arrived on stage to rapturous applause and immediately cracked straight into new fan favourite singalong ‘Someone Purer”, followed by other new tracks such as ‘Greatest Hits’ and ‘Hale Bop’, intermingled with Mystery Jets classics such as ‘Flakes’, ‘Serotonin’ and ‘Young Love’, although no Laura Marling appearance unfortunately.

The crowd quite clearly having it

After ending their set with the happy go lucky Serotonin number, ‘Flash a Hungry Smile’, chants such as ‘We want more!’ and ‘One more song!’ inevitably invoked the Jets to come back and play two more songs (how generous), the flagship ‘Two Doors Down’ and ‘Alice Springs’ , the latter of which produced a slightly embarrassing hipster mosh pit which I may or may not have been involved in… But I suppose it’s the thought that counts.

Mystery Jets met every expectation, lending themselves perfectly to the Kazimier setting with stunning light displays and a naturally note perfect set. Only criticisms would be that there could have more audience interaction but I guess that’s not everyone’s style.

I would highly recommend the venue with another personal favourite of mine, Canadian electronic music duo ‘Purity Ring’ playing on Wednesday 28 November. If you’re a fan get tickets!