[ATTENDED: April 24, 2023] 2nd Grade
This was my third time seeing Charly Bliss.
This was their first headlining tour in three years. It made me wonder what they’ve been doing, but I see they have been playing shows in the meantime. Nevertheless, this one sold out immediately.
The last time I Saw them, I marveled at Eva Hendrick’s energy–she pogoed throughout so many songs. The whole band was great and that was the case at this show as well.
They played a kind of greatest hits. Six songs from their debut and six from their follow up. The rest of the set was filled out with an oldie and four brand new songs.
Spencer Fox on guitar also seems to really enjoy himself–doing fun poses and dances while playing.
He and Eva also have an amazing rapport, especially when she plays guitar and they jam with each other.
Drummer Sam Hendricks is spot on, keeping these songs moving perfectly and bassist Dan Shure contributes lots of keyboards to flesh out the songs.
But really all eyes are on Eva. She is a bundle of energy–in the way she sings so intensely and the way she dancey and smiles when she’s not singing.
Her outfits are often very interesting too. Last time I saw the, she was wearing a skirt made of feathers. This time it was a kind of Chain Mail made of little rubber (?) tchotchkes. I saw kitty cats and dogs and letter and all kinds of things.
They seemed super psyched that we came out for (and sold out) the show. She said she wasn’t sure if anyone still cared about them. But we sure did.
For an encore, they showed their appreciation the only way they knew how–by playing a cover song t hat everyone knew but me: A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton whom I’ve ever heard of. But the song was fun anyhow.
They ended with “Julia” and with Spencer and Eva on their knees on the floor totally jamming out.
It was a ton of fun. And I’m glad I was able to get a ticket.
| April 24, 2023 | November 14, 2019 | October 8, 2018 |
| Urge to Purge $$ | Capacity ¥ | Westermarck ⊗ |
| Capacity ¥ | Hard to Believe ¥ | Scare U ⊗ |
| DQ ⊗ | The Truth ¥ | Heaven $ |
| Westermarck ⊗ | Threat $ | Gatorade ⊗ |
| Chatroom ¥ | Glitter ⊗ | Ruby ⊗ |
| Nineteen ** | Supermoon $ | Supermoon |
| Percolator ⊗ | Camera ¥ | Percolator ⊗ |
| Heaven $ | Ruby ⊗ | DQ ⊗ |
| Ruby ⊗ | Heaven $ | Black Hole ⊗ |
| Black Hole ⊗ | Under You ¥ | Glitter ⊗ |
| Boyfriend ** | Hurt Me ¥ | |
| UDK ** | Bleach ¥ | |
| Calling You Out ** | Blown to Bits ¥ | |
| Hurt Me ¥ | Young Enough ¥ | |
| Hard to Believe ¥ | Chatroom ¥ | |
| Fighting in the Dark (whole band) ¥ | encore | |
| Young Enough ¥ | Percolator ⊗ | |
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| A Thousand Miles [Vanessa Carlton cover] | ||
| Julia ⊗ |
*2018: they played everything but “Totalizer” and “Julia” from Guppy.
*2019: they played everything but “Fighting In the Dark” from Young Enough.
** new songs (2023)
$ = Supermoon EP (2019)
¥ = Young Enough (2019)
⊗ = Guppy (2017)
$$ = Soft Serve EP (2014)
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