[DID NOT ATTEND: October 12, 2022] Broken Social Scene / Jasmyn
I can fall for hype when it comes to concerts. I’m not going to see someone I don’t actually like or anything like that, but if there’s lots of excitement about a reunion or something, I can get swept up in it.
I really liked Broken Social Scene when they came out. You Forget It in People was on steady rotation twenty years ago. But I didn’t really listen to them at all in the last fifteen or so years.
This 20th anniversary tour was much hyped and I grabbed a ticket remembering how much I liked the album. Although when I went back and listened to the album again I didn’t remember it all that well.
This show was in the middle of a busy week of shows and I felt like I could sacrifice this one to spare me having to go out every night of the week.
Reviews of the show and tour were quite good though and I wonder if I made the right call. In an otherwise rave review, WXPN points out a few flaws at the show
An eight-member edition of their coterie faced mildly chaotic setbacks throughout their Union Transfer set, from Drew switching up songs on the fly as his voice grew more and more raw over two-plus hours, to a sound tech who kept rushing onstage to fidget with drum mics and synth inputs up to the last song of the main set. Though nothing ever reached the point of full collapse, the threat hovered; at one point there was an inexplicable loud BANG! from offstage and once it was clear nobody was injured, the show moved on.
But this makes me think I should have gone
But the moments that were great, were so great. Opening the show with People‘s opening run of songs was a thrill, from the barreling urgency of “KC Accidental” to the handclap-happy crowd participation of “Stars and Sons,” to Amy Millan of the band Stars rushing onstage in a whirlwind to sing “Almost Crimes,” play flute on “Looks Just Like The Sun” and generally contribute to the festivities for the rest of the night. It was the first show of tour where she was able to link up with the band, and she knocked it out of the park.
I love Amy Millan, and that would have been a cool surprise.
I was going to say I didn’t know who Jasmyn was, but the review says she was the singer in Weaves, a band I loved, and who were amazing live. Her new sound is a bit more synth poppy, but I’ll bet she’s still dynamite live.
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