[ATTENDED: November 2, 2021] Christian Leave
The weird thing about seeing an artist who is new and very young is that her opening bands need to be (relatively) newer and younger. And so, when seeing an artist like Beabadoobie who has one album out and who was born in you’re going to get openers who are gasp, probably teenagers.
Being an old has never diminished my enjoyment of concerts, even from performers that I’m more than twice as old as. But the way young people find music these days has really messed with my head.
I had never heard of Christian Leave only to find out that he has like 3,00,000 online listeners.
I gather that Leave is something of a minor celebrity, with people possibly going a little crazy for him. It was hard to tell from where I was but he seemed a but of a teeny bop star–he certainly had charisma, but not a lot of stage presence (how is that possible? I don’t know).
I wanted to dislike him because of this, but I found his set was pretty enjoyable all the way through. He never blew me away, but every time I thought, ah, yes, I don’t like THIS song he would throw in something that I really liked–a wicked guitar solo, and unexpected chorus, something that made the song stand out a little.
He and his band seemed to be having fun. Actually his lead guitarist seemed to be having a blast, playing some seriously loud and wild solos (I actually had to ear plug because of him).
I couldn’t tell you anything more about the set. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, but it wasn’t all that memorable either.
- Your Life Your Time ⊕
- I Tried What You Practice δ
- 10 Steps δ
- Days Like Lost Dogs δ
- Maybe δ
- Bedache ⊕
- Hearts Melt ⊕
- Beside You δ
⊕ Heavy Hitting Hurts My Head (2021)
δ Days Like Lost Dogs (2021)
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