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That was the most intense Sowing Season I've ever heard! That first "Yeah!"...wow

 

Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot

 

The set tonight was shockingly similar to my ultimate Setlist I posted

Take off the first two songs from that setlist and I think they hit 16-17 of the remaining 20 songs...

 

Didn't they play Brothers almost every night during last summer's run? At least they did in Raleigh

 

In place of 1996

 

Show was incredible. Way more energy than Tuesday in Maryland.. thought they put more into the performance overall.

 

Felt like tonight was the best I've ever seen them.

 

So jealous about Brothers. Man.

Edit: About for? Ugh. haha

 

I feel like they played Nightmare at every show on this tour except the two times I caught them - Pittsburgh and New York. I wanna hear it live just cause

 

Kind of bothers me I've seen nightmare more than some songs on devil and god haha

 

Holy F**k... they put on a show

 

Yeah tonight was fucking awesome. Haven't played close attention to their setlists other than hearing 1996 had been played, so I didn't expect to get Quiet Things during the encore. Play Crack The sky sounded fantastic too

I love Brothers but would have preferred 1996. That being said, Brothers live was definitely a little emotional. Or maybe I was just caught up in the moment.

Hearing the crowd sing along to songs like Sic Transit and the end of Jesus and etc was great. A lot of energy and people bouncing around to I Am A Nightmare which was cool too, I'm glad the fans are responding to it despite some of the hate it got here.

 

For me it felt like 10 years in the making to finally hear brothers live

 

Tautou into Sic Transit Gloria was awesome. As was the Tautou parts in You Won't Know. Brothers was awesome live as well. Fucking incredible show tonight.

 

Seeing Brand New last night just gets me all the more excited for their new record. They were so good. Tautou was an awesome surprise (and Brothers). Enjoyed Modest Mouse as well.

 

Why don't they play not the sun?

 

Sic Transit Gloria was one of the most joyful yet cathartic experiences of the whole show for me. It's not even a huge song for me, yet seeing everyone around smiling and jumping around, half of choosing to opt to proceed to sing "up the stairs..." while the other half choosing to continue Jesse's train of lyricism, leading up to everyone screaming the climax of the chorus was such an pure and beautiful moment.

The only thing that really compared was the first YEAH of Sowing Season. I think I screamed the loudest I ever have in my life. There was also a very heartfelt moment during Luca where it was quiet and the people around me kind of just nodded, acknowledging the inevitable, destructive release that would follow. People telling others to "watch out" or "grab the railing" to help them be mindful of what the mosh pit might become. It was great, I felt like a community.

However, there was this one drunk asshole who kept trying to grope girls in the pit. Once the person was identified, the security guards kept an eye on his behavior.

 

Yeah I need to know the answer to this too. I think this and Handcuffs are the only ones I've never seen them play. Wish I was able to get to the album shows

 

i want vids of last night. sounds like a romp

 

My wife got a few short vids. Tautou and the Tautou part of You Won't Know + the end, as well the end of Play Crack the Sky. I'll get her to upload them.

 

The band doesn't play Not the Sun because they've struggled to replicate the sound in a live setting. That was their rationale before the fall 2007 tour when they debuted it. I wish they'd try again. I'd argue they've never been stronger live.

As for Handcuffs, it just doesn't generate much reaction from the crowd. At least that's my take on it. It's another song that has suffered from lack of crowd participation and enthusiasm, along with the likes of Bed and Daisy.

 

I'm fine with handcuffs but would love not the sun...


Also Jesse said last night, "we might be back" take from it what you will

 

Brothers from last night

 

It really is insane how close your ultimate set list was to what they did

 

How do you know this about the song Daisy? I thought they've only tried it out like 3 times?