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Resurrection
Paul Golder
I was very sad to hear the news of the passing of Mark Keds last Sunday from pneumonia. The Senseless Things were the first band I ever saw who were all younger than me – maybe not a milestone that resonates with every gig-goer, but one that definitely made me feel like the bands I was watching were now my contempories – I wasn’t a kid looking up to rock stars any more.
That 1991 Town and Country Club show (in aid of Macmillan cancer charities) in question was a mini-festival in itself, with the Senseless Things headlining and Mega City 4, the Frank and Walters and Midway Still in support.
The Senseless Things brought back lots of memories for me – one was in my first flat in Romford, playing the CD of their newly-released second album The First Of Too Many over and over again, surrounded by empty Castlemaine XXXX cans and wondering why I was so bad at assembling MFI flat-pack furniture.
The Senseless Things, the New Adelphi Club, Hull – 19 March 2017
The Senseless Things were active between 1986 and 1995 but Mark was active in several other bands including Jolt and Deadcuts. I was lucky enough to catch the Senseless Things again at two of their three reunion shows – in 2007, at a show in tribute to another singer who left us way too early (Wiz from Mega City 4) and again in 2017 when they played a one-off at Shepherd’s Bush Empire which I was unable to make, so I headed up to the New Adelphi Club in Hull for the warm up.
Leaving Essex at 4pm and not realising quite how far up the A1 Hull was, I managed to get there pretty much just in time to see a band still at the peak of their musicianship. It’s a real loss to the indie/alternative music scene and shows that we have to make the most of what we’ve got.
Tonight’s playlist:
Senseless Things – Too Much Kissing
Hybrid Kid – 1-2-3
Blab – Casual Sex
Darling Boy – Tea Drinkers Of The World
Maxïmo Park – All Of Me
Gabriels – Loose Canyon
Sad Song Co – My Saccharine
Swansea Sound – I Sold My Soul On eBay
Emma Blackery – Blossom
Matt McManamon – Jumpin’ The Gun
Deadcuts – Venus
Tacsidermi – Gwir
TV Priest – Press Gang
Home Counties – Modern Yuppies
Bradford – My Wet Face
High/Low – Let It Fade
Idles – Reigns
Bugeye – Electric
BC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff
Doves – Prisoners
Emperor of Ice Cream – Lambent Eyes
Broadcast – Papercuts
Jane Weaver – Heartlow
Chemtrails – Paranoiacs
NewDad – I Don’t Recognise You
Jolt – Can’t Leave Without It
Tiger – Friends
Samurai Seven – Xeroxy Music
Younger Younger 28s – Next Big Thing
Ten Benson – Mystery Man
Ok Go – Get Over It
Senseless Things – Best Friend
