[ATTENDED: October 6, 2022] A. Savage
A. Savage is the main voice behind Parquet Courts. His deadpan deep voiced delivery is pretty recognizable.
As a solo artist, he plays slightly quirky folk songs.
I knew this show wasn’t going to sell out, so I didn’t buy tickets ahead of time. I actually had tickets to see Turnstile this even in Asbury Park, but I didn’t feel like that kind of show. So I blew that off and came to see Cate.
Traffic was a little heavy and I wound up arriving midway through A. Savage’s first or second song.
I had listened to his solo album earlier in the week and I knew pretty much what to expect. And that’s what I got. Enjoyable enough folkie kinds of songs.
He is a funny performer with good banter. After the first song I saw he said something like By the way this is it–just me and the guitar–nothing else is going on.
I really like Parquet Courts for how weird they are. But this show was not weird at all (except for some of his lyrics). He is a great guitar player. Nothing fancy, no solos that I recall, but very solid rhythm with the ability to make the songs feel really full even though it was just him.
I happened to not love his slow delivery, though, so the set was just okay for me.
- Unknown new song
- Buffalo Calf Road *
- Pulcinella (Parquet Courts cover)
- Wild, Wild, Wild Horses *
- Winter in the South *
- Elvis in the Army
- Unknown (new song)
- Phantom Limbo *
- Minor Strummer
- Ladies from Houston *
* Thawing Dawn
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