[ATTENDED: July 24, 2022] The Weather Station [rescheduled from March 25, 2022]
Back in March, Mitski was forced to postpone a few shows, including Philadelphia, because of a COVID case in her touring party. She rescheduled her shows in the summer.
Unbelievably, I was able to get tickets for this show and I was a hero to my kids.
We arrived early and the line to get in was around the block and half way down the street. But it was warm and pleasant and the mood was good on line, so we didn’t mind the wait all that much.
We finally got into the building a few minutes before 8PM.
Everyone wanted merch. It’s Mitski, after all! Since I had seen her a few years ago, I offered to wait on line while they all found a spot as far up as they could get (which wasn’t very far). My son and his friend went off to the left, but my daughter hung out with me.
The merch line was crazy long and we were on it for about half of The Weather Station’s set. When we finally got our stuff, the place was pretty packed so we had a hard time finding a spot when T. and I could see well. We were at the back of a big crowd but we were more or less able to enjoy their songs pretty well.
I’ve heard a few of their songs on record and thought they were okay–jazzy and a little slow. But live their songs really came to life with an energy and vibrancy that I didn’t hear on record.
They ended the set with “The Robber” the one song I knew pretty well and it was great live. I’m glad they ended with that one.
UPDATE: I’m glad to find out they will be opening for First Aid Kit in April 2023.
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