Just this past week, two days after having watched the Muslims last Echo “residency” show – they jetted off to London to join Black Lips for a few dates and then they go off with Fronz Fordinond on a UK trek.

Black Lips and the Soft Pack played some sort of NME Brats show, so you know NME covered the shit out of them…. Alas, their last gig in London with King Khan at Heaven was a lot crazier (the band went naked) but um, I guess this one was good too.

Here’s some blurbs from NME and setlist:

Taking the stage, after guitarist Cole Alexander briefly wondered out front to borrow a guitar pick from an audience member, Black Lips emerged to play an hour-long set to huge applause.

After making repeated calls for “more beer!” through a distorted microphone, Alexander and co ended their set with ‘Buried Alive’ and ‘Juvenile’, from 2007 album ‘Good Bad Not Evil’ before a brief encore

Setlist
‘Take My Heart’
‘Drugs’
‘Sea of Blasphemy’
‘Oh Katrina’
‘Dirty Hands’
‘Cold Hands’
‘Dutronc’ [Fans may know this song by its title Hippie Hippie Hoorah, not the composer of the original song Jacqou Ductronc.]
‘Elijah’
‘Starting Over’
‘I’ll Be With You’
‘Fad’
‘Bad Kids’
‘Not A Problem’
‘Lock And Key’
‘Buried Alive’
‘Juvenile’
‘Fairy’
‘Wild Man’ [Amazing Cover]

And Muslims blurb:
Earlier in the evening The Soft Pack opened proceedings by playing their first ever UK gig, with a half-hour set that included the single ‘Nightlife’ and online favourite ‘Parasites’.

Frontman Matt Lamkin kept banter to a minimum, explaining to the crowd that the band were “really jet-lagged” – although they showed little signs of fatigue, playing a well-received show.