[ATTENDED: July 3, 2024] Meet Me @ the Altar
When this show was announced back in January, it was a killer triple bill. Mother Mother, who we love to see live, Cavetown, who I’ve wanted to see live and Destroy Boys, a band that both my kids like and who my son and I hhave seen once and wanted to see again.
Then, in May it was announced that Destroy Boys would no longer be opening
In a joint statement, Mother Mother and Cavetown shared, “Destroy Boys will no longer be able to join our summer tour due to a medical issue. We’ll be sad to miss them and wish them a speedy recovery.
We are really excited to welcome Meet Me @ The Altar to the tour in place! Can’t wait to see you all soon.”
It turned out that this bummed my son out and kind of soured him on the show a bit. I have seen MM@TA twice and knew what to expect. I actually thought they’d be a lot of fun since their opening set is usually a condensed form of bangers an covers.
Well, we arrived a little later than I wanted to and then parking was pretty tough. I was frankly shocked by how many people were there so early (on a Wednesday). People looked like they’d been camping out forever by the time we strolled in.
We could hear them from the parking lot, so we could hear most of their set, but by the time we got into the venue and found our places, we were easily more than half way through their set.
We picked a spot that was okay and then moved again and I think we were firmly settled for the last three songs. I had seen all seven songs before (all fairly recently) so I never fully got into the set.
I enjoy them and their attitude and I loved all of the gay friendly merch and banter. They are really great at crowd interaction.
Last summer, singer Edith Victoria turned 23, but they seem younger. And Edith’s look is fantastic–the dyed hair and piercings–she epitomizes the bad ass punk rock girl.
Téa Campbell absolutely rips on guitar and Ada Juarez pummels the drums. I’m not sure how they play the backing sounds–basses and extra percussion. I assume Juarez triggers a sampler and they play to the sounds as opposed to them being triggered on the fly.
My least favorite of their songs is actually the one they ended with “Kool.” I just don’t like that chorus and singalong refrain. And maybe that’s the direction they’re heading in?
But they are a lot of fun. It’s hard for me to believe I’ve seen them three times in less than a year.
| 2024 (Cavetown) | 2024 (TLA) | 2023 (All Things Go) |
| Say It (To My Face) ⇔ | Same Language ⇔ | Same Language ⇔ |
| Now or Never Δ | Brighter Days (Are Before Us) Δ | T.M.I ⇔ |
| Beyond My Control ♦ | Now or Never Δ | Try ⇔ |
| Try ⇔ | Beyond My Control ♦ | Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson) (excerpt) |
| Same Language ⇔ | Try ⇔ | Complicated (Avril Lavigne) (excerpt) |
| T.M.I ⇔ | May the Odds Be in Your Favor Ø | Take Me Away (Christina Vidal) (excerpt) |
| Kool ⇔ | Hit Like A Girl § | Hit Like A Girl § |
| It’s Over For Me ⇔ | Say It (To My Face) ⇔ | |
| Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson) (excerpt) | Garden Ø | |
| Take Me Away (Christina Vidal) (excerpt) | Kool ⇔ | |
| Burnin’ Up (Jonas Brothers) (excerpt) | ||
| T.M.I ⇔ | ||
| Garden Ø | ||
| Feel a Thing Δ | ||
| Kool ⇔ | ||
| Say It (To My Face) ⇔ |
⇔ Past//Present//Future (2023)
Δ Model Citizen EP (2021)
§ single 2021
Ø single 2020
♦ Bigger Than ME EP (2019)
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