Show Pics: Erasure @ ACL Live (10/18)

If you don’t like Erasure, I don’t care. I do. The lady friends of my younger days liked Erasure, so I liked Erasure. …at least that was my excuse to the metal-head, skater bros friends I had. One of the best shows I saw last year was Erasure at the very same venue, so I had high expectations. And to help meet those expectations, instead of a DJ, the lads form London brought along LA’s Superhumanoids as the opener.

Click through for pics and a few more thoughts…

Superhumanoids seem to be reinventing a bit, or perhaps tailored their set to the audience, but none of the hits I know and love were showcased. Not necessarily a bad thing, the new songs are more elegant, but the wife wanted the hits. Regardless, friends completely unaware of the band were very happy with their set and are new fans. Good thing…

Erasure has a newish album, The Violet Flame, that is actually their best effort in years. Andy is definitely getting more and more animated on stage and the opening song saw the usual start with headgear of some sort. This time, a bedazzled top hat. Gradually, Vince smirks from behind the laptops and synths (with the occasional foray out of his pod to play guitar) as Andy loses layers of clothing down to the irresistible mirror-ball hot pants. The set was a great mix of old and new and the front of the set was unusually hit heavy, but they do have a lot of hits. “Drama” landed mid set and was stunning.

Werk.