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
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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
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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
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Date: 17th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-17
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
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Date: 20th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-20
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
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Date: 22th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-22
Setlist
Duke’s Revenge, The Wave, Ticket, The First Show, Pixilxil, Four Turtles, Reload
Review
The band decided to play a trick on the drummer, and leads the whole show with Duke’s Revenge. Torn between putting on a good show and standing up for himself, he ends up playing along.
The Wave delights a small percentage of “Wavers” in the audience, but drags down the show. A decent showing, but not great.
Concert rating: 55/100
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Date: 22th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-22
Sometimes a song just becomes your whole world! I’m not taking about a jingly ear-worm that you can’t get out of your head, I’m talking about a song that arrests your attention from the first note, tosses you in the back of the squad car, and doesn’t let you go until the last notes have faded.
I was NOT expecting to find a song like that in a shaky video of some concert footage uploaded by one of my guild mates who lives in New Zealand. (Hi Sammie! Yes, I’ll bring my pally on Thursday’s raid). Sammie said I’d love it and they were right! The song is called “The Wave” and the band is the Enthusiastic Panthers, a Kiwi band that’s… MAKING WAVES! Bwahaha!
As some of you know, I’ve been going through some stuff lately, and “The Wave” just perfectly summed it all up, then wrapped its arms around me and pointed to the way out of all the pain. Every time I listen to it I feel lifted up. So I’ve been playing it, like, all the time. Lol. The melody just holds me close as it blows my mind. The lyrics are my new favorite poem. The drums… that beat powers up my heart. (Their drummer ROCKS!!1!!!). I’ve checked out their other songs and they’re ok, but a little uneven. I think I like Blue Orange second best, but Duke’s Revenge is a track only the band’s mothers could love.
From their website it looked like they only played small venues around New Zealand, but ZOMG!! They just announced US dates on Twitter!!! THEY’RE COMING TO LA!!! Of course I’m going to see them here on my home turf. After that they’re going to play gigs up the coast and yours truly is going to go on a fangirl road trip!
I can’t wait to be in the presence of the band and let The Wave wash over me live!
Mitch and Marie: Drinks are on me for the SF show -which is only fair because this is your notice that I am staying on your sofa.
Suzette: they’re playing Portland and you should go. I can’t make that date, but goGoGO!!!!
Lamisse: I’m coming up for EP’s Seattle snow. Let’s hang out, but please don’t drag me up the Space Needle *again*.
Setlist
The Wave, On the Low Rung, Blended Together, Lilliput, Duke’s Revenge, Blue Orange
Review
A truly awful show for the band. The Wave kicks things off, which gets a groan from a sizeable portion of the crowd. Then the show manages to get even worse. A subpar rendition of Blue Orange finishes out the set on a bit of a high note, not that most people even stuck around that long.
Concert rating: 44/100
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Date: 24th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-24
Setlist
Blended Together, On the Low Rung, The Wave, Waiting for Fred, F-12, Four Turtles, The First Show, High School
Review
Call it stage fright, call it hubris, call it bad luck. This was a bad show.
The band attempted to put together a show without the help of any of The Big Three. Unsurprisingly the show was a disaster, tying for the second worst show of all time. The only highlight was High School, but even it was played below its expected average.
Show rating: 44/100
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Date: 29th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-29