Show was pretty bad. Honestly one of the worst I’ve been to in my UM watching career. It had moments here and there but the set list was absolutely pitiful.
setlist wise, woof. jamming wise, meh. crystal ballroom’s sound is so bad. i am a sucker for horns - and i appreciated that they didn’t just come out for a one-off cover, but rather left and came back a few times and played on original tunes.
i didn’t know staircase was staircase, as i hadn’t listened to the single, yet - but cool to pad stats with another debut, i guess.
i think bad friday was my highlight, if i have to choose
Do they have anywhere better to play in Portland that would make sense size wise? I didn’t like Crystal ballroom when I saw them there. Sectioning off 21+ and under 21 was some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen a venue do.
Four surprise songs with horns at a one-off show is way too many, I’m sorry. Even if they all are originals.
I guess I’ll skim through this before Saturday to make Saturday sweeter when I get there…Staircase debut is good at least. It’s one of the better songs in this show!
EDIT: Oh wow, just opened Nugs and Attachments and Looks are both standard. Yikes.
I was scrolling through the twitter feed this morning and kept seeing “with so and so on saxophone” and was pretty confused. Odd that they kept bringing them back out.