[ATTENDED: April 25, 2022] Dead Poet Society
I am usually pretty early for shows. Not super early, but usually 20 minutes before the opener. And usually that’s fine to get up close to the stage (unless the headliner has a huge fan base, then forget it). I thought I had arrived in plenty of time for this show, but I think Dead Poet Society went on a few minutes early because I wound up walking in in the middle of their set.
Dead Poet Society are from Massachusetts and they create epic, bombastic rock. There is the heaviness of Led Zeppelin in there with some good old indie rock noise thrown in the mix. But the most notable thing about the is singer Jack Underkofler’s voice which sounds uncannily like Jeff Buckley most of the time. I suppose there’s a Robert Plant component to it as well, but Buckley all over it.
Which is not a criticism at all. Buckley’s voice was amazing and to be able to do something similar is very impressive.
Indeed, their songs rocked and they were really engaging. The one thing that was odd to me was how much Underkofler acted like they were the headlining band. I’m not entirely sure how much the crowd was with them just yet for him to be demanding the sing and clap along. But by the end of the show, they had won everyone over I think.
I was near guitarist Jack Collins who made some great noises, bassist Dylan Brenner and drummer Will Goodroad, played heavy and loud and kept everything very tight. Some have commented on their rather cryptic song title stylings on their debut album -!-, but I think it works pretty well with their overall sound.
Based on the previous night, this was their setlist
- Lo Air Ð
- .burymewhole. -!-
- .georgia. -!-
- Bacalar
- .SALT. -!-
- Touch
- .AmericanBlood. -!-
- Sound and Silence ∇
- .intoodeep. -!-
- .CoDA. -!-
-!- (2021)
∇ Axiom (2015)
Ð Depmsy (2016)
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