Saw Sondre Lerche on Sunday. Promoting his latest album, Heartbeat Radio. Amazing album. I missed him last year when he was at the Great American Music Hall because he was playing the second day of school and I didn't know anyone to go with. Did want to miss it this time around, so I got two tickets and said Chris would go as default. But because I didnt' want to drag Chris because he usually puts a damper on things like that, so I ended up getting Yaeri to go with me.
Anyway, drove into the city and picked her up from the Tower. Drove to the parking garage near the Great American Music Hall. I had no idea how the cheap tickets for the GAMH worked, so we wandered around for a while asking everyone until someone at the movie theater told us we validate it at the venue. Fair enough.
We got to the GAMH around 7:30 and it was kind of awkward. So they do this thing there where you can get dinner before the show for a more expensive ticket. The one other time that I went there was for the Noise Pop festival so we didn't really experience it. But it was kind of weird coming into the venue and seeing all of these tables with people eating. And the security guards were like super anal about it too because they were more expensive tickets. So if you even thought about getting near the tables they were on top of you.
The show starts and it's still like that. People are eating and us cheapos are lined up behind the tables. This left a super awkward floor space in the front. It was kind of awkward. Anyway, other than that, the opening act, JBM was really good. I really enjoyed his set and was kind of sad that I wasn't closer to the stage for it.
Also he was kind of cool because he was playing guitar and drums at once. That's a level of multitasking that I will never attain because I can barely play the drums on Rock Band. ...among other things.
Great set in general.
After he finished, we grumbled a little more about the whole table set up until Sondre went on stage. He started with Good Luck, which is a great song. I'm pretty sure that's what got me through OCI. Haha.
Once he finished the song, he said that there was too much empty floor space in front of him, so Yaeri and I rushed the stage and got pretty front and center spots. As in we were front and center. As in we were within spitting distance. It was nice.
Anyway, trying to keep this short because I have a brief to be writing, so let's do highlights.
x he's got an amazing voice
x he puts on an amazing show
x unplugged rendition of two way monologue
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x did mostly songs from heartbeat radio, but he did a lot of songs from two way monologues and faces down. he also did one song from phantom punch. nothing from duper sessions though.
x he did words and music
good show over all
after the show we stood in the line to meet him. never mind the fact that i'd met him twice before but i got kind of star struck this time around. ... it was a really good show.
i also got jbm's album because i really liked him.
on the way back to the car, some girl stopped me and asked me why i knew all the songs he performed. ...they were on all of his albums except for the one cover he did, so i don't see why i wouldn't have known them. it was a strange question and an awkward moment because i wasn't sure why she was watching me and not him. i just responded with an awkward laugh. wasn't sure how else i was supposed to respond to that.
anyway, it was a great show and I can't wait for the next time he rolls around this part of the country.
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