VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

Peter Hammill and co’s post-pandemic live set.

SID SMITH

The Bath Forum Concert ESOTERIC There are some groups whose live sets feature near-perfect reproductions of their studio recordings with every note and beat neatly in place, everything presented just as you heard it on the album. That’s never been the Van der Graaf Generator way, then or now. In trio formation, they’ve become even more angular and combative than usual. This setlist, featuring both venerable and newer material, isn’t there to be revered but experimented upon, probed and interrogated in order to reveal new revelations. “The austere presentation suits the music well.” The Bath Forum Concert captures the trio on their last UK date before they decamped to Europe, where Peter Hammill fell seriously ill, resulting in the remaining tour dates being cancelled. In spite of that, this live…

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