{"id":788,"date":"2013-06-06T10:34:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T09:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/testes\/?p=788"},"modified":"2020-09-14T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:05:10","slug":"optimus-primavera-sound-2013-thursday-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"Optimus Primavera Sound 2013: Thursday, day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Optimus Primavera Sound 2013. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

Another year has passed and here we are, mssng Porto and the lovely Parque da Cidade, thinking about how perfect its location, its organization, its quiet pace, all the green spaces and, of course, its always interesting lineup (I can\u2019t help but say it\u2019s been really difficult to find some minutes to take a break and eat something both on Friday and Saturday) makes it the best – and the most confortable! – festival we\u2019ve all been to. Primavera, please never change your mind. Expanding to Porto was the best thing you could\u2019ve done for this city and for European music fans. Thank you.<\/p>\n

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Wild Nothing. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

Our sunny Thursday afternoon begun with Wild Nothing<\/strong>\u00a0(it\u2019s a shame we missed Guadalupe Plata this time around!) and their sunny brand of indie rock. Presenting their brand new EP Empty Estate<\/em>, the American five-piece didn\u2019t stand out and won\u2019t probably figure in many people\u2019s best-of-OPS13 lists, but really, no one expected that. Not that they didn\u2019t have some well-crafted dreamy pop jewels in their sleeve: \u201cLive in Dreams\u201d or \u201cParadise\u201d will probably spin a lot more on my player now that I\u2019ve heard them live and I surely won\u2019t run away from the stage they\u2019ll be playing in a future festival I\u2019ll be in after mistaking them for the \u00fcberboring Wild Beasts.<\/p>\n

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The Breeders. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

This will probably feel like a sacrilege, but the not-so-spectacular boys from Virginia were more entertaining than the highly praised The Breeders<\/strong> playing an album (Last Splash<\/em>) that definitely doesn\u2019t suck. Sure, Kim Deal and the rest of the crew aren\u2019t as young and wild and free as Jack Tatum but songs like \u201cCannonball\u201d or \u201cDriving on 9\u201d deserved a better treatment. Not a bad show either \u2013 there\u2019s no way those songs could be ruined by their own creators \u2013 but it lacked a certain flame.<\/p>\n

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Dead Can Dance. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

Dead Can Dance<\/strong> are one of a restrict group of UFOs who populated this year\u2019s lineup. But visual act apart, these dark wave veterans are nothing but human, musically speaking. Starting with last album\u2019s opener \u201cChildren of the Sun\u201d, some doubts I had quickly seemed to dissipate: the mixing (stellar sound all along), the\u00a0ability to endure a concert obviously not sorted for a Summer music festival (and the answer is yes, it wasn\u2019t even a problem) and if Lisa Gerrard is aging at all (here not so sure, losing vocal capacities she isn\u2019t). Giving us some songs from last year\u2019s record \u201cAnastasis\u201d and others not so recent, I have to say probably the weakest of the set was Tim Buckley\u2019s cover \u201cSong to the Siren\u201d, it didn\u2019t feel right. Luckily, it was the closer, and until then, my acclaims to the rhythm section and exotic instrumentation must be given, hypnotic enjoyable little stuff. – BSC
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

The first big moment of the festival. Nick Cave<\/strong>, who else? He\u2019s an animal, on or off stage, playing the piano or confronting the crowd, playing stuff from his latest record (\u201cWe No Who UR\u201d, \u201cJubilee Street\u201d) or digging deep into his career (\u201cTupelo\u201d or the magnificent \u201cStagger Lee\u201d, easily the highlight of his short set). The Bad Seeds<\/strong> also surely look old, but that just means they know better than your quasi-amateur, post-21st century favorite band. Violinist Warren Ellis, the one-man-show behind the incredible Dirty Three concert we witnessed in last year\u2019s OPS edition, should have a giant statue at the festival gates next year. They create petitions for everything, why shouldn\u2019t we do it to honor such a beast? All in all, I ended up wondering if I really needed to see any other band on the forthcoming two days in order to decide which concert was the best of the festival. (Spoiler: No.)<\/p>\n

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Deerhunter. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

Deerhunter<\/strong> was next on the Super Bock stage, presenting their latest effort, Monomania<\/em>. Another warm and rather unenthusiastic concert from a band that certainly isn\u2019t better live than on record \u2013 we\u2019ve seen them a couple of years ago at the Paredes de Coura festival and we can\u2019t say they improved \u2013 but at least their fans seemed to be enjoying it.<\/p>\n

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James Blake. Hugo Lima\/Optimus Primavera Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t thoroughly enjoy James Blake<\/strong>\u2019s music. That being said, and unlike the borefest provided by the indie rock band above, the man can put out a show that\u2019s at least enjoyable for everyone. His voice is sparkling \u2013 I swear I thought some Antony Hegarty samples were being used, but no, that\u2019s just him \u2013 he\u2019s talented as fuck (not saying Cox isn\u2019t) \u00a0and I can\u2019t name anyone who didn\u2019t at least tip his hat after the young Londoner\u2019s show in the closing hour of the first night of Primavera. Joined on stage by a drummer and a guitar player, songs like the lively \u201cCMYK\u201d, \u201cLimit To Your Love\u201d or the fantastic \u201cThe Wilhelm Scream\u201d sounded even better on their new incarnations. For those who don\u2019t quite enjoy Nick Cave\u2019s style, it was easy to elect the best concert of the first night of Primavera.<\/p>\n

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