[ATTENDED: March 8, 2022] Cave People
Cave People is the project of Dave Tomaine. I don’t know much about them–except that he is friends with Tigers Jaw from a long time ago.
I listened to one of their songs before the show and found it to be kinda folky and okay. So I thought the set might be solo. But instead, five people filled the stage. Tomaine gave a quick introduction of everyone, but I don’t remember what he said.
There were three guitars onstage In front of me was the lead guitarist. On the far side was a rhythm guitarist who played a few leads. In the middle was Tomaine.
I realized about half way through the set that Tomaine’s amp was either louder than everyone else’s or was facing right at me while the other pointed away. So while one of the guitarists was playing lead, all I could hear was the rhythm.
Which was a shame since when Tomaine was playing quietly, the full band sounded great together.
The bassist and drummer were also good (and loud enough). I also loved the drummer’s hair.
Most of the songs had quiet and then rocking parts. This was especially true of the opener, which had a lengthy quiet section and then the band jumped in and rocked out.
Some of the songs were very catchy. Tomaine said they have a new album coming out and a bunch of songs were from that new record.
I enjoyed their set. Just before the last song, someone asked the lead guitarist what the fortune was taped to his guitar (it was that kind of intimate show). He then read it out and it was a fun moment of levity.
They ended with “I Don’t Want Hope,” a catchy poppy song that I think is the first single from their new album.
I took a picture of the setlist but the two songs with asterisks don’t match anything on their bandcamp site, so who knows.
SETLIST 
- Echo*
- Waking ß
- Bed £
- Fair ¥
- I Do What the Wind Does ß
- Wait*
- Are You Looking £
- I Don’t Want Hope ß
ß Wind Burn (2022)
£ Looking (2020)
¥ Kingfisher EP (2018)
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