Weekend
2011-05-19
The Independent SF
Recording by TZ0
Sonic Studios Mics > Edirol R09-HR
Setlist, slightly amended from original posting.
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Age Class
Veil
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End Times
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Monday Morning
Monongah, WV
Coma Summer
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Photos by Sam Heller
Opening acts
Clipd Beaks set available here.
(TH1 recording, done with Sound Professionals CMC-SP-4s > CA11 > Sony PCM-M10)
Jealousy set available here.
(TZ0 recording)
A video of the elusive Jealousy...
Just crank these up loud, and enjoy. I'm not sure what I can say besides this was the second time seeing Mark Treise (as Jelousy) play his bass drone Minimal Man-type set, which I quite liked. Clipd Beaks reminded me of Crispy Ambulance but a bit less angular, they shall hopefully find their identity in time.
Weekend. "End times" indeed. Had there been a Rapture and the end of the world, this would have been the soundtrack. The group brought these crystal colored spheres which gave the stagehand guy fits getting to work, but which added the appropriate color tones.
Shaun asked the crowd what people were going to do on Saturday. Being a SF audience, some joker yelled back "Smoke weed!". The response: "Smoke weed? You don't think much of yourselves, don't you. Weed is about the last drug I'd do. I'd smoke black crayons, because that shit is the hardest." You just had to be there.
My favorite of the set was the song right after, a new one, with a Hooky-style bass riff, a spine of a drum beat and Kevin Johnson's soaring guitar squalls, and the plaintive cry of "Hazel" as the chorus...
Don't miss these guys if they happen to play in your town.
Of course, at this point, I've been well-habituated to The Soft Moon's live set, this being the third time seeing them over a two-month span, but that did not lessen their impact in the slightest, and it was heartening to see people who were obviously not familiar with their material stop and take notice.
We came in a bit late (bad habit, and not normal practice, but we had to get something to eat) but did catch half of Water Boarders set and generally liked what we heard.
"When It's Over" was played here for only the third time, it was debuted at the Feb 6th show at the Echo and LA and played again on one of their other SoCal dates (Long Beach, I am informed).
It's quite rightly deemed the emotional centerpiece of their album...and this show.
Luis wearing a Bad Brains shirt was a nice touch, which he revealed after the first song (was hot on stage!).
I can't say enough for how good these guys are, so I won't bore you trying. Credit goes to the bloke who runs ESWA who turned me onto something that was in my own backyard the whole time.
As for any comments about the headliner, I'll pass. I refer you instead to Bob Duvet's excellent article, who also has very nice things to say about The Soft Moon.
Setlist
Into The Depths
Dead Love
Circles
Breathe The Fire
We Are We
Out Of Time
When It's Over
Parallels
Tiny Spiders
(individual songs linked have their own video clips, 'Into The Depths' and 'Circles' shot by Nakoeth, the rest shot by my friend with his Panasonic TZ7)
And debuted here, the COMPLETE VIDEO,
shot with my Flip UltraHD at 720p and stabilized with a Ready Steady, I declare this amazing, yes it's weird to make this comment as if it were somebody else filming.
The Independent SF
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