[ATTENDED: November 23, 2022] Jinjer
I saw Jinjer almost exactly one year ago to the day. It was also the night before Thanksgiving (that’s kind of weird, no?}
When they announced this show I bought a ticket immediately. Last year, there was no war in Ukraine. There was no crisis or concern. This year, I wanted to support them and their country. I didn’t even really pay attention to the rest of the bill.
Which turned out to be Space of Variations–a Ukrainian band that I hadn’t heard of but who I have since hear were excellent. Vended–featuring two children of members of Slipknot and which sounded like it would be loud and unrelenting. And P.O.D. a band I thought was Christian and who I thought was long broken up. I didn’t want to see any of these other bands (well, maybe Space of Variations). And I didn’t want to spend two and a half hours standing around listening to bands I didn’t really want to hear.
So I thought I might not go. But I listened to some Jinjer and decided that I did want to see them after all. Especially when I saw that they were playing “Pisces” on this tour (which they didn’t play for us last time). (more…)
