Most blogs put the most recent story on the top, but this one is reversed so you can read it from top to bottom. That means you’ll start with show #1, and as you read you’ll make it to the most recent shows.
Most recent show: Edmonton, Canada
Category links: Lore, Infographics, Fan Reviews, Statistics, Reviews
Direct tour links: New Zealand, USA, Canada
Setlist
Blended Together, The Wave, Ticket
Review
A rough start for the band. The first two songs were not received well by the audience, but Ticket was a bit of a crowd pleaser. Possibly because people were excited that the band was finally going to get off the stage.
Concert rating: 37/100
Details
Date: 14th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-14
Setlist
The First Show[1], Blended Together, The Wave, Ticket
[1]Debut
Review
The second show was a lot like the first, just with the minor addition of a new song for people to dislike. Band morale was low, and not just because they were playing in Upper Hutt.
Concert rating: 44/100
Details
Date: 16th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-16
Setlist
The Wave, The First Show, Ticket, Reload[1], Blended Together
[1]Debut
Review
This could have been a breakout show for Enthusiastic Panther if it weren’t for, well, every song except Ticket and Reload. The audience was left scratching their heads. “How could those two songs be so good when the rest of their set was absolute shite?”
Over time, Ticket and Reload emerge as two of the most popular songs of the entire band’s catalog. And the other ones? Bad news, they never stop being shite.
Concert rating: 50/100
Details
Date: 17th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-17
Setlist
Sure[1], Four Turtles[2], Duke’s Revenge[3], Ticket, Reload
[1, 2, 3] Debuts
Review
The Christchurch show was the best show played by the band to date, and it brought with it a lot of interesting data and lore.
First, the band debuted a full three songs, meaning more than half the show was brand new. Second, the band decided in Christchurch that because the new songs were received well, any show with new music would always begin with a new song. Third, Ticket and Reload brought the house down, which is where the band realised these two songs were their crowd favourites, and work best later in the set.
The next show was going to be played further south, in Dunedin. The band decided to put some of their new theories to the test.
Concert rating: 61/100
Details
Date: 19th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-19
Setlist
Reload, Blended Together, The First Show, Ticket, The Wave
Review
Dunedin taught the band an important lesson. Reload and Ticket are popular anywhere in the set, and … The Wave is just not a good song, and nothing can be done to save it.
The band was riding high on a great show and approaching an epic close when the bassist got a bit cocky. When he plucked out the first few notes for The Wave, the rest of the band groaned, but gamely soldiered on. They shouldn’t have.
It turns out a bad performance of a bad song doesn’t work very well as a closing song! Who knew?
Concert rating: 54/100
Details
Date: 20th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-20
Setlist
On the Low Rung[1], Reload, Sure, The First Show, Blue Orange
[1] Debut
Review
No one in the band had been to Invercargill before, so they wrote a song specifically for the audience. The crowd was polite, but it was clear they didn’t like the song much. The band managed to salvage the show with Reload and a big Blue Orange closer.
After this show, the band openly debated whether or not it was smart to always debut new songs at the beginning of a concert. In the end, the lead singer decided they’d keep it up, leading to some discontent within the band on the trip to Auckland.
Concert rating: 58/100
Details
Date: 21th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-21
Setlist
Top[1], Four Turtles, The Wave, Ticket, Blue Orange
[1] Debut
Review
The Auckland show started with this stirring cry: “Our drummer says we shouldn’t start concerts with new songs, so let’s prove him wrong!” It turns out the drummer was right. The debut of Top didn’t go very well, and it wasn’t until the band returned to crowd pleasers Ticket and Blue Orange that the show found its footing.
Concert rating: 58/100
Details
Date: 22th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-22
Setlist
Waiting for Fred[1], Reload, Ticket, Four Turtles, Duke’s Revenge, Blue Orange
[1] Debut
Review
The band stormed into Hamilton hungry for a good show, and agreed on playing the “Big Three” to help them achieve that. Despite pleading from the drummer, who believed that their “always start with a new song” strategy was jinxing entire shows, the band started with Waiting for Fred.
It did not go well. But despite that mistake, the show ended up with the highest rating yet. And what do you do after a great show? If you’re this band, you get in a giant fight and break up.
Concert rating: 61/100
Details
Date: 26th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-26
Setlist
Pixilxil[1], On the Low Rung, Waiting for Fred, Top, Blended Together, Blue Orange
[1] Debut
Review
The band stayed broken up for about three months. Just as the band was considering making some new songs, their tour manager said he had tracked down some shows in the United States and Canada and wanted to know if the band was interested.
The answer was unanimous: Yes! Of course! Before leaving on their grand adventure, they played one last night in their home country before traveling abroad. They all agreed they’d need to go out on a high note.
They did not. It was a bad show. The drummer pointed out that it was probably because they started the show with a new song (this time a cover of a Year Unknown track), and was told to stop whinging.
Concert rating: 49/100
Details
Date: 21th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-21