[ATTENDED: August 10, 2022] Laura Stevenson [rescheduled from January 14, 2021, I guess]
Back in January, Guster was supposed to play the Wellmont (after postponing a seated acoustic show in 2020). Ben Kweller was supposed to open that show, which would have ben pretty fun as I don’t really know him very well, but I know he is tangentially related to Guster.
For this new show, Laura Stevenson was the opening act.
I only new Laura a little–from a Tiny Desk concert many many years ago, which I enjoyed.
I assumed she’d be fun–Guster tends to have good opening acts.
But we had a terrible time getting to the show and parking for some reason. Usually it’s not a problem parking in Montclair, but this show (which was sold out–good for Guster, but bad for us, I guess), made Montclair really crowded.
It seemed to take a long time to get in.
And then we decided to look at the merch line. Which was incredibly slow. Like, incredibly slow.
Laura Stevenson started and played about five songs while we were waiting on line (and the line really wasn’t that long). By the time we got to our seat, she was on her eighth or ninth song.
The crowd was kind of rowdy and Laura was fairly quiet, so I fear that we didn’t really get to appreciate her at all.
I do really like her voice. It’s unique and delightful. As a solo artist she’d probably be more suited to a mellower show than Guster. But maybe we’ll get to see her again sometime.
Here’s the setlist we missed.
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Sky Blue, Bad News
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Torch Song
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Master of Art (Laura Stevenson and The Cans song)
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Triangle
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Don’t Think About Me
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A Shine to It (Laura Stevenson and The Cans song)
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Continental Divide
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Wretch
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Living Room, NY
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Jellyfish
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Dermatillomania
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