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Animals as Leaders (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, November 18, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: November 18, 2024] Animals as Leaders

My Brother-in-law, Ben told me about Animals as Leaders back in 2019 just before they came to the East Coast.  I grabbed a ticket to their TLA show and was really impressed (although I hated the crowd).

Animals as Leaders is a 3 piece founded by Tosin Abasi.  He plays primarily the 8-string electric guitar and his fingers (on both hands) are all over the fretboard.  Basically, he’s a guy you want to watch closely.   He started the all-instrumental Animals as Leaders in 2009.  Guitarist Javier Reyes also plays the 8 string (and is equally as amazing) and drummer Matt Garstka fill out the band.

The last time I saw them, the crowd was tall and very shove-y.  This time the crowd was pretty tall, but I’m better at negotiating my spaces and the shoving was contained.   The last time I saw them they were touring the tenth anniversary of their debut album.  This tour was the tenth anniversary of their The Joy of Motion album, which they played straight through.

I didn’t know the album, but boy everyone else did–I love when a room sings a long to an instrumental.

The band sounds huge, with both guitarists playing low and high ends at the same time and the drummer playing nonstop so that it’s a constant wall of sound.

There’s not a lot more to say about the show.  Most of the songs are heavy with complex rhythms and time signatures.  There were a couple of songs that were quieter with one acoustic song (and Reyes switched down to a 7 string!).  The musicianship was amazing.   What I found especially interesting is that their songs aren’t especially long–most around 4 minutes.  This packs a lot of musical information into digestible chunks.

He told us that his favorite song was The Woven Web (it rocked) and thanked us for being there for ten years and more.

When the album was over (about an hour), they left for a brief encore break.

When they came back Tosin asked if we wanted one more.  And they played The Brain Dance.   Mid-song, opening guitarist Plini came out to play a ripping solo and then he left again.   Tosin asked if we wanted one more.  We did and they played the ripping Ectogenesis and then Red Miso from their most recent album.  After that he asked if we wanted one more, for real, last song and they ended the night with the new(ish) powerhouse “Monomyth.”

It was a great set.

I should also mention the lighting.  It was mostly kind of dark–blues and reds–but they had their own (pretty intense) lighting rig.  One of the bigger rigs I’ve seen at Union Transfer.  It was definitely cool and did lots of nifty lighting tricks.  It probably looked fantastic from further back, but I wanted to get up close to see the fingerwork.  And I think i made the right choice.

I don’t think I’ll see  them again, but I did enjoy this show quite a lot.

 

2024 Union Transfer 2019 TLA
Ka$cade ♥ Espera (tape) ∞
Lippincott ♥ Wave of Babies @
Air Chrysalis ♥ Tempting Time @
Another Year ♥ Thoroughly at Home @
Physical Education♥ Arithmophobia ϖ
Tooth and Claw ♥ Cognitive Contortions ϖ
Crescent ♥ Nephele ♥
The Future That Awaited Me ♥ The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing / Behaving Badly @
Para Mexer♥ Para Mexer ♥
The Woven Web ♥ The Brain Dance ϖ
Mind-Spun ♥ Ectogenesis ϖ
Nephele ♥ Inner Assassins ϖ
encore The Woven Wed ♥
The Brain Dance ϖ (with Plini) CAFO @
Ectogenesis ϖ encore
Red Miso ¶ Physical Education ♥
Monomyth ¶

¶ = Parrhesia (2022)
ϖ = The Madness of Many (2016)
♥ = The Joy of Motion (2014)
∞ = Weightless (2011)
@ = Animals as Leaders (2009)

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The Lemonheads: It’s a Shame About C’mon Feel Tour / Cooper B. Handy / The Taxidermists (Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, September 14 & 15, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

Posted in Cooper B. Handy, Lemonheads, Philadelphia, PA, The Taxidermists, Theatre of Living Arts on September 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

[DID NOT ATTEND: September 14 & 15, 2024] The Lemonheads / Cooper B. Handy / The Taxidermists

I rather enjoyed The Lemonheads’ anniversary of It’s a Shame About Ray.  But I felt that Evan Dando’s performance was less than stellar.  And there was no word that he was “doing better” these days.

So even though I would have really enjoyed hearing these two albums in total, I wanted to hear them by Evan from twenty years ago.

Markit Aneight was there so I didn’t have to be and his video confirms that Evan was in a bad way that night.  So I’m glad I didn’t waste my time.

The first night opener was Cooper B. Handy.

Cooper B Handy has a kind of 90s DIY sound, but from the video below I wouldn’t really have enjoyed him that much.

Born on Cape Cod, Cooper B. Handy started releasing music as LUCY in 2009. In the years since, the Western Massachusetts based singer/producer has made a career of self-releasing music and videos, unpolished & posted in near real time.

The second night opener was The Taxidermists, a band from Massachusetts that’s been around for over a decade and which may have been the same band as played the first night.

the duo of singer/guitarist Cooper B. Handy (LUCY) and drummer Salvadore McNamara—take complete creative control on their infectious new KO EP. The organic sound of two childhood best friends sequestered in a garage with tape reels.

The first night it was just Cooper and a drummer, so maybe it was the same band–but probably different songs?  Maybe?

 

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Sleater-Kinney (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, March 18, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: March 18, 2024] Sleater-Kinney 

This was my fifth time seeing Sleater-Kinney.  I saw them twice back at the turn of the century and then two more times in the last few years.

I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to see them again, but I thought a show at TLA would be a great way to see them and when my wife said she wanted to come along too, I knew it would be super fun.

The band has a new album out and they played 9 of ten songs from it.  However, they played 24 songs in total so it’s not even a majority of tracks.   (Interestingly they barely played anything from the other records “from this century.”

The older songs definitely got the most love from the audience, but I think this new album is quite good and most of the new songs received appropriate accolades.

They opened with “Hell” and “Needlessly Wild” a chance for both Corin and then Carrie to sing lead.

The setlist was pretty varied from there, including a number of older songs that I hadn’t heard live before.   Like “Oh!” from One Beat, a super fun song with great harmonies from the rest of the band.

The band this time was similar to their 2019 band: Angie Boylan (drums), Katie Harkin (guitars/keyboards) and Toko Yasuda (keyboards). but Katie Harkin, who has played with them a lot was replaced by Teeny Lieberson.  Their backing vocals were terrific–something I never really thought about with S-K before, but their voices really fleshed out the overall sound. (more…)

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Black Belt Eagle Scout (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, March 18, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: March 18, 2024] Black Belt Eagle Scout

I was pretty excited to see that Black Belt Eagle Scout was going to open for Sleater-Kinney.  I’ve wanted to see her /them for a while and this was a great opportunity to see them.

I had heard a few songs by them a couple of years back but I had also heard that the live show was terrific.

The band came out–a trio.  There were two guitars and drums.   Singing was Katherine Paul, a Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Oregon.  Paul blends the vibe of Pacific Northwest rock with elements of Coast Salish traditional music

Her music is grungey in its tone, but it is also pretty slow, with Paul’s voice soaring in wonderful and at times unexpectedly places.  She is also an amazing guitar player, jamming out some killer solos as the songs (and the set) wrapped up.

I enjoyed the way “My Blood Runs Through this Land” got bigger and bigger, with her singing wordless lines (again, such a good voice) and cool lyrics like

I know you speak through me IFeel it in the sound of waterTouching all the rocks I feelNo one can takе this moment away ’causeMy blood runs through this land IFind it in the land and sеa

“Treeline” opened with Camas Logue playing big soft drum with mallets–yes it felt tribal, but not like a stereotype.  Fancy Dance followed and it was faster and much shorter (barely 2 minutes) which came as a but of a surprise after the first two five minute songs.

What was really interesting to me about their set is that there was no bass player.   It was like they took a page out of the Sleater-Kinney playbook: two guitars and no bass.  (apparently there is typically a bass player, but they were not missed in this set).  The second guitarist Claire Puckett mostly played chords, but also played lead lines and even soloed a bit with Katherine at the end.

The set seems to have moved through the band’s output, with only one song from the previous album.   And then three songs from the debut, which the crowd seemed  to really like.

She dedicated “Indians Never Die” to the Lenape Indians of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  It had a simple but super catchy chord progression and they jammed the heck out of it at the end.

Sam, A Dream was my favorite song of the set.  After the song moves slowly along, it picks up in the middle and Paul plays a very cool hammered on riff that isn’t complicated but sounds great.  I love the way the band played around that riff and then returned to it at the end.

They ended with the fantastic “Soft Stud” and the recurring line “I know you’re taken/need you want you.”  Like many of her songs, the basics of the song are simple, but the way the song gets bigger and adds new elements (like the simple but catchy guitar riff that comes in halfway through) is really exciting, with Paul absolutely rocking out the guitar solo at the end of the show.

It was a great set.

  1. My Blood Runs Through This Land ≅
  2. Treeline ≅
  3. Fancy Dance ≅
  4. My Heart Dreams ∇
  5. Indians Never Die Ô
  6. Sam, a Dream Ô
  7. Loss & Relax %
  8. Soft Stud Ô
≅ The Land, the Water, the Sky (2023)
% 2019 single
∇ At the Party With My Brown Friends (2019)
Ô Mother of My Children (2017)

 

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Meet Me @ the Altar (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, January 23, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: January 23, 2024] Meet Me @ the Altar

I had tickets to see Meet Me @ the Altar last year but went to The Beths instead (good choice).  MM@TA were headlining The Foundry.  And now a year later they are headlining TLA.

My daughter and I saw them at the All Things Go Festival and I loved them.  I knew I wanted to see them again–especially as a headliner.

I thought that Meet Me @ the Altar were really really young (teenagers), but this summer, singer Edith Victoria announced that it was her birthday and that she was now 23.  I’m not sure how old guitarist/bassist Téa Campbell or drummer Ada Juarez are.

They play feminist pop punk.  Téa Campbell absolutely rips on guitar and Ada Juarez pummels back there.  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.  I loved the sound of the guitars.  I loved Edith’s voice (and Téa’s backing vocals) and I loved their attitude.

From the start, they brought the pop punk.  In addition to playing a lot of new songs, they dig into their back catalog (which they have).

After a couple of songs they got a pit going and when they played “Hit Like a Girl,” Edith told the crowd that this pity was just for the women, which I thought was pretty cool.

When I saw them this summer, they played some excerpts from songs they’d wished they’d written.  I assumed that was just a fun way to endear yourself to a festival crowd.  But they’ve been doing this on each show of the tour (although mixing things up a bit).  I really enjoyed their cover of “Complicated” this summer.  They didn’t play that this time, instead playing “Since U Been Gone” and putting a great punk attitude on it.

The end of the set was a collection of killer tracks that the crowd was fully into.  We all sang along to “Kool” and they ended with the name of the tour: Say It to My Face absolutely shredded the room.

The show was only an hour, but they packed everything in and the crowd was really psyched by it.  On the way out I heard someone say how much better they were than at The Foundry last year.  So I think i picked the right show after all!

 

2024 (TLA) 2023 (All Things Go)
Same Language ⇔ Same Language ⇔
Brighter Days (Are Before Us) Δ T.M.I ⇔
Now or Never Δ Try ⇔
Beyond My Control ♦ Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson) (excerpt)
Try ⇔ Complicated (Avril Lavigne) (excerpt)
May the Odds Be in Your Favor Ø Take Me Away (Christina Vidal) (excerpt)
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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Honey Revenge (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, January 23, 2024) [MEET ME @ THE ALTAR]

Posted in Elliot Lee, Honey Revenge, John Harvie, Meet Me @ The Altar, Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of Living Arts on January 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: January 23, 2024] Honey Revenge

I hadn’t heard of Honey Revenge, but before the show I checked out a few songs and really liked them.

Apparently they have a pretty big fan base too, because there were several people who left the front after their set.  And one guy in front of me who was dancing in a very elbows-in-your-face kinda way.  I was very glad when he pushed further forward.

Honey Revenge has played Philly three times in about a year, once as a headliner at The Foundry, so the Philly love is big.

So Honey Revenge is evidently a two-piece: Devin Papadol (vocals) and Donovan Lloyd (guitar), although there were two other people on stage too–touring musicians Tay Fischer (@witchybassist) who was super fun and jumped off the bass drum at one point (and who will be playing with Jhariah in February) and drummer Matt Arsenault who I feel like I’ve seen play with other people too.

They play grungy 90s rock with great pop hooks.

Papadol is a take-no-shit front woman.  She encouraged people to mosh and to crowd surf (it’s not often that people crowd surf for an opener, but they did).  She asked who had never crowd surfed before and aid that tonight was the time to do it.  And, she threatened, if anyone gets dropped, I will stop the show.  It was really fun seeing little kids (with big era protectors) crowd surfing during the songs.

She also insisted that there be a pit AND a conga line.

Lloyd was a great guitarist too.  I didn’t really notice the guitar work at first because really, all eyes are on Papadol, but Lloyd pulled out some great sounds and some kicking (but short) solos.

I also really liked their lyrics which were empowering.  But also funny.  Like a song that is part slacker, part ass kicker

Sure, I could be doing more, but I could be doing lessUsed to going overboard and if I had to take a guessNever been too proud, I’ve always been too loud to ignoreMy mouth’s a messNow being annoying comes with reward and everyone’s impressed

Although one of their most popular songs is “Airhead” as in “damn, I’m such a” so there is definitely a sense of humor in the lyrics.

They were a lot of fun and I would absolutely see them again.

  1. Seeing Negative (Disappointment) ∞
  2. Worst Apology ∞
  3. Recipe for Disaster @
  4. Favorite Song ∞
  5. Habitual ∞
  6. Rerun ∞
  7. Murphy’s Law ∞
  8. Are You Impressed? ∞
  9. Airhead ∞
  10. Distracted ∞

@ new song 2024
∞ Retrovision (2023)
[from this album, they did not play Fight or Flight, Sensitive, Scapegoat]

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John Harvie (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, January 23, 2024) [MEET ME @ THE ALTAR]

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[ATTENDED: January 23, 2024] John Harvie

I didn’t know who John Harvie was before this set.  He seemed like a slightly out of place artist since everyone else was female (token male on the tour perhaps?).  Although he was more of an odd presence because his songs are mega-emo rather than pop punky.

But he won me over pretty quickly because he’s a Philly guy and he was pretty psyched to be playing in his hometown.

Unlike Elliot Lee, Harvie had a live drummer.  Although like Lee, much of the rest of the music was on backing tracks. John did occasionally play guitar too.

The things that really made an impression on me were his stage presence and his voice.  he absolutely commanded the stage like a guy who has been playing for far longer.  And, even more impressive, his voice sounded like he was the singer for any number of long-time emo bands.  He strained his voice to the breaking point a few times (and may have paid for it by the end oft he show).

Most of his songs seemed to be a bout breakup, but there was some clever wordplay in the lyrics, which I appreciated.

I also chuckled when he said that “Beauty in the Bad Things” was about being an Eagles fan.

I wound up enjoying his set more than I thought I would.

  1. roses £
  2. A Little Bit Longer ©
  3. Alaina ©
  4. Beauty in the Bad Things ©
  5. at my worst £
  6. figure 8 £
  7. Bleach (On the Rocks) ©

£ single 2023
© Told Ya. (2022)

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Elliot Lee (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, January 23, 2024) [MEET ME @ THE ALTAR]

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[ATTENDED: January 23, 2024] Elliot Lee

Elliot Lee looks like they are about 12 years old. In fact, they are 26 and are simultaneously adorable and, for someone who commands a stage, really nervous-seeming.

I didn’t know anything about Elliot Lee before this show.  I listened to a couple of their songs and wanted to get there early enough to see their set.  I’m glad I did, even if it was only 20 minutes.

They played five songs and when the lights first dimmed a guy in a full on bunny costume (with really long ears) came out and either did nothing or triggered the sounds of the first song “Sicko.”

Elliot came out shortly after wearing a bonnet with small ears.  The whole outfit was wild–striped shirt, colorful bra on the outside and pink ski pants.  And they proceeded to bounce around the stage with abandon.

Her songs are catchy and poppy but with a dark edge.  On record, the production is really sharp with lots going on.  But live, the music was stripped down, letting Elliot’s voice shine.

“Fun” is pretty much a disco song with a dark edge (come to think of it, just like ABBA).

Elliot was pretty clear about what the songs were about, but here’s an article from Outwrite (more…)

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Deafheaven : 10th Anniversary show Sunbather (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2023)

Posted in Deafheaven, Mary Jane Dunphe, Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of Living Arts, Touché Amoré on December 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: November 29, 2023] Deafheaven

I saw Deafheaven last year and found the show exhilarating and cathartic.  They played a lot of new music which is far less screamy and far more pretty (an unexpected thing from Deafheaven).

When they came back earlier this year (again at Union Transfer), I didn’t go (mostly because I had another commitment).  I wondered why they were playing TLA.  I think of it as a much smaller venue than Union Transfer, but the capacity limit is only 200 fewer people.  But I guess if they were in town just seven months ago, maybe they needed a different venue.

But for a full scale play of Sunbather?  The album that everyone thinks is amazing?  Heck yeah I was going to be there.  And I got right up front (but right behind a super tall dude).

The band came out–it was the same guys as last time.  But there was no backdrop–nothing fancy.  Just a low table for George Clarke to climb on and some pretty cool lighting rigs.

And after the cheering died down, they launched into “Dream House.”  And it was amazing.  The wall of sound was there, Clarke’s screamed vocals were there.  But you could FEEL the music.  Fascinatingly, it wasn’t all that loud.  Or, conversely, my earplugs were working exactly as they were supposed to.

I was in front of guitarist Shiv Mehra and bassist Chris Johnson–both of whom impressed me so much last time.  And I had a pretty clear view of the drumming machine that is Daniel Tracy.  It was amazing watching him play these super-fast machine gun snare drums like he was barely doing anything.

The only person I couldn’t really see was Kerry McCoy who was at the far side of the stage.

I was really impressed with the band last time and was even more so this time, since I actually knew this record pretty well.  They switched gears seamlessly and soon they were playing the quiet moments of Dream House, before ramping it back up again..

They also left the stage a lot.  Everyone but the two guitarists left the stage so that the two of them could play the pretty “Irresistible.”  Then they came back out for “Sunbather.”  And ripped through the song with ease,  I t was mesmerizing watching Clarke prowl the stage. He was wearing a button down short sleeve shirt and sort of dress pants.  But he also had elbow-length PVC gloves on.  You could see the sweat dripping off of them. He climbed up onto the platform and screamed.  Then he climbed down and screamed some more.  he even jumped down to the barrier and sang right in the fans’ faces.  I was a little surprised he never came over by us, but he did acknowledge us a bunch.

The band left and a taped recording of “Please Remember” began.  It’s like 3 minutes of droning noise and then both guitarists came out to play the pretty melody that ends the song.

Everyone was back in full for Vertigo and then they all left again for the nearly five minutes of “Windows” which was all played on tape.  It was kind of surreal to be standing, looking at a stage with no one on it–a recording of noises and dialogue playing over the speakers with throbbing lights pulsing on stage.  There was literally nothing to see, but it still felt pretty neat.  I hope the band got to rest a little during these pauses, but Clarke always looked dripping wet.

They returned once more for “The Pecan Tree.”  Like the other songs, it was intense and overwhelming.

And that was that. Yep, only 6 songs, but the record is about an hour long.

They left the stage and the Clarke came back and asked if we had time for one more.  he also announced that Kissinger was dead–so there’s a nice memory for the show.   He was kind of funny and giddy and he waited for the song to start.  He squatted and whispered in a kiddie voice “what’s it gonna be??”

They played Brought to the Water from New Bermuda.  It’s the same encore they played last time I saw them.  It was a massive hit with the fans then and it may have been an even bigger hit with the fans this time.  The song sounded huge. The quite parts were catchy and George danced on the platform to the melodic parts.

And then it was done too.

I am very glad I had quality earplugs in, because there was no ringing at all, and I have to assume that there should have been a lot of ringing.  I don’t know that I would need to see them again.  Perhaps it depends on what the new album will sound like.  They have changed their sound quite a bit recently, so I’m curious what direction they’ll go in.

 

2023 2022
Dream House § Shellstar ∞
Irresistible § In Blur ∞
Sunbather § Great Mass of Color ∞
Please Remember § (drone opening played on tape) Honeycomb ♥
Vertigo § From the Kettle Onto the Coil ∀
Windows § [tape recording] Worthless Animal ♥
The Pecan Tree The Gnashing ∞
encore Mombasa ∞
Brought to the Water ß encore
Brought to the Water ß
Dream House §

∞ Infinite Granite (2021)
♥ Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (2018)
∀ adult swim single (2014)
ß New Bermuda (2015)
§ Sunbather (2013)

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Touché Amoré  (Theatre of Living Arts [TLA], Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2023) [DEAFHEAVEN]

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[ATTENDED: November 29, 2023] Touché Amoré

Touché Amoré (what a fun name to say) have been on my radar for a little over a year.  I assumed they were a dance band, not a punk band.  But indeed. They punk.

And they punk hard.

The band came out and started right in with a big, clean sound and singer Jeremy Bolm screaming the lyrics.  The best thing about his screaming is that it is intense like old school punk, but it is completely clear.

I loved that for every verse or chorus he put the mic out for the audience to sing the last word or phrase. And they did.  There was a huge Touché Amoré fanbase there.  [There was a gross couple in front of me who had hands all over each other who, thankfully, left after the band was done].

At first I thought they were “just” a screaming punk band.  But I quickly got totally into them.  I loved the sound of the band–not too complicated but every song has something interesting going on in it.  Drummer Elliot Babin is a maniac behind the kit.  And I loved that you could hear both guitarists Clayton Stevens and Nick Steinhardt very clearly (Nick Steinhardt was on the far side of the stage, so I couldn’t see him very well, but I could clearly see his sparkly shirt).  And bassist Tyler Kirby would punctuate songs with excellent thumping bass.

But it was the lyrics that constantly impressed me.  I couldn’t understand them all obviously, but the ones I did were impressive. (more…)

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