Remember live gigs? We do. We sure do miss them too. The bliss of early 2020 was finally seeing some decent shows after the winter holidays whilst gazing at coming shows on the marquee and dreaming of which ones you were going to haunt. 2020 was looking pretty good – lots of class A international groups coming through town, Summer outdoor activities out the wazoo, Local shows filling up the calendar – but then… The ‘Rona.

Iceage doing a Danish victory lap of larger venues was certainly an early highlight of ’20. They guested Voxhall and brought along fellow Copenhageners: Leizure. Iceage have always done well with carefully selecting their support acts for Danish tours, and normally it’s a group that is hungry for it, up to the task of warming up for one of the most important bands of the last decade, and a star on the ascent. That was Leizure.  

What to call Leizure? There are certainly familiar Scandinavian post-punk elements – echoes of Lower and earlier Iceage, but also the modern twist of art-core meets math rock and avant jazz. Whatever is in the gumbo, it’s high energy without being kitsch, it’s dark without being overly moody, and it’s perfect for a night out and getting fucked up. What more do you want?

Leizure dropped by Tapetown to lay down a few tracks for their live-in-studio series of videos. “Cherry Kiss” is a reminder not only of (probably) the best show we’ll see this year, (probably) the only show we’ll see this year, but also…shows. I don’t mean some dude in his living room begging for money with his paypal, or some group conference calling in a rehearsal. Actual concerts where you are around other people and in the same room as the artists and drinking a beer served to you by a human and the full body high or loud music without having to put a note up in your hall way apologizing to the annoying hippies that live below you or the lesbian divorcee who passive aggressively organizes her shoes at 3am. (Sorry/not sorry Liz).

Blast this shit. Put on headphones if you need. This was made by pros for you. Drink everything in the house and then go get more. Get a little high, tell your friends you love them at 1.30 in the morning on Whatsapp, do what you gotta do.

Go to Leizure’s Bandcamp also and download their EP. You won’t regret it if you’ve made it this far in my coffee rant about missing concerts. Chuck them a few bob. You’ll instantly be cooler. Until next time…enjoy.  

video: 

https://www.facebook.com/Leizuredk/videos/540961876478821/