The Bench Launches New Album at Electrifying Tel Aviv Concert

The Bench, Tel Aviv, 15 October, 2024

Last week I joined the crowd celebrating the launch of The Bench’s new album, “Wet Dream” at a fabulous concert in Reading 3, in Tel Aviv. The atmosphere was electric and the band were euphoric.

The Bench (Lior Itzhaki – Drums, Matan Shatit – Lead Guitar, Guy Strier – Rhythm Guitar, Or Ben Itzhak – Bass and Raziel Mantzur – Vocals) was smoking hot. Their songwriting is phenomenal and their musicianship up there with the best. Their playing was so tight that you couldn’t separate them with a crowbar.

Guests for the evening included Nimrod Shemesh and Sharon Sexton from Blues and Booze; Gal De Paz (Hebrew Wikipedia page); Hadar Levi Gagi and Yali Sharon from Dazy’s Fasulia; and Yali Sobol (Hebrew Wikipedia page).

The Bench, “Hi Girl”

Maktazith (Guitar – Hadar “GAGI” Levi, Bass – Danny Shnaiderman and Drums – Dor Kelman) opened the evening with their unique blend of punk, rock and talk box. The trio’s mastery of their instruments was as sharp as their boot toe-caps.

Setlist

  • Mess
  • Spiders
  • Haze
  • Elvis Medley (with Ninmrod Shemesh and Sharon Sexton from Blues and Booze)
  • Mosquito
  • Hi Girl
  • Not a Morning Person
  • Tell Me (with Hadar Levi Gagi and Yali Sharon from Dazy’s Fasulia)
  • G-Spot — נקודת הג׳י (with Hadar Levi Gagi and Yali Sharon from Dazy’s Fasulia)
  • Fu Fu fu
  • Something (with Gal De Paz)
  • Wet dream (with Gal De Paz)
  • Hummingbird
  • You’ll Never Be Mine
  • Won’t Let You
  • שנים חסומות (with Yali Sobol)
  • השמלה ממדריד (with Yali Sobol)
  • על הריצפה (with Yali Sobol)
  • Enough is Enough
  • Encore: Somebody to Love

Opening Act – Maktazith

Maktazith, “Amba BaTzinor”

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