House of Blues Boston @
- Boston @
,MA @
- Wed, Nov 18, 2009 @
Favorite moment: Seeing Vin Acardi (Brand New's guitarist) before the show. @
Setlist: Welcome to Bangkok, Sink, Degausser, You Won't Know, Sic Transit, Vices, Okay I Believe You, You Stole, Quiet Things, Gasoline, In A Jar, At the Bottom, Bought a Bride, Archers, No Seatbelt song, Shower Scene, Jesus Christ, Seventy x 7. @
Opening act(s): Crime In Stereo, Glassjaw @
I must admit, i do have a bias. Brand New is by and far my favorite band. The only reason I haven't givien a Five Star rating is because of the opening acts. Crime in Stereo had mostly good songs, albeit they were a little sloppy, but that can mostly be blamed on their sound guy. Glassjaw was just weird. The songs they played were all "scream" songs and for some reason the only member of the band who faced the audience at any point in time was the singer. I was more entertained by the 350 lb security guard picking people up off the floor from the mosh pits than Glassjaw's set. just not my style. Brand New on the other hand was great. I've seen them 3 times already and this was by far the best show they have put on. It's easy to tell that the band as a whole is more comfortable playing smaller venues, such as the House of Blues. The front man, Jesse Lacey, was talkative in between some songs and was cracking jokes about his guitar and the audience. They put on a really awesome show, which is nothing new, but it felt alot more well rounded this time around. Brand New seems to have perfected their older songs (Your Favorite Weapon, Deja Entendu) and they're having fun with their newer ones (Devil and God, Daisy). The songs they played best were "Okay I believe you" and Quiet things" just because they are so used to playing them. they changed a few chord progressions and carried the vocals out differently, and it worked out beautifully. On the newer songs you could tell they were still toying around with them. when they played "Limousine", it was just Jesse Lacey alone on the stage until the outro guitar solo, and during "Sowing Season" instead of screaming "yeah" during the chorus, Lacey switched it up and instead shouted "no." it was a fairly stark contrast to the normally hopeful song and it was also pretty funny to hear the whole audience screaming "yeah!" and having Lacey wait them out only to confuse them with a new lyric to an established song. This was definately a great performance, and the only problem that I had with the venue was that i was stuck on the mezzanine, and the balcony was hanging down in front of me so that I could just see the band, and not the screen show that they were playing throughout the show behind them, which i had read about and was looking forward to seeing. But with all it's faults, this was a great show, with time and money well spent.
House of Blues Boston @
- Boston @
,MA @
- Wed, Nov 18, 2009 @
Favorite moment: Seeing Vin Acardi (Brand New's guitarist) before the show. @
Setlist: Welcome to Bangkok, Sink, Degausser, You Won't Know, Sic Transit, Vices, Okay I Believe You, You Stole, Quiet Things, Gasoline, In A Jar, At the Bottom, Bought a Bride, Archers, No Seatbelt song, Shower Scene, Jesus Christ, Seventy x 7. @
Opening act(s): Crime In Stereo, Glassjaw @
