Nina Persson & Peter Sveningsson
Live @ the Knitting Factory, NYC 10/31/06
A proper Halloween treat was seeing the only Cardigans US date in such a small venue, albeit just being Nina and Peter, the two of them put on an amazing show. With a setlist that compiled the more subdued tracks from both "Long gone before daylight" and "Super extra gravity," the melancholic pace of the show was indicative of fall in the city, and the holiday itself. The mood of the music however, was opposite that of both the audience and the performers. Wild applause greeted and bid the band farewell for the evening and Nina's anecdotes and banter between songs filled the room with a lighthearted feel. Performancewise, the band was spot-on and hearing bare-bones versions of "Don't blame your daughter", "And then you kissed me" and "I need some fine wine..." gave new breadth to the fleshed out versions on the disc. The closers of the evening, "Communication" and "Overload", were just ethereal. To hear a great band out of their element is one of the best experiences music fans can have, and this was one of those.
- Matt Giordano