I never got to post about Fleet Foxes. Mostly because I spent Wednesday trying to get work done before Chris came on Thursday and then was busy for the rest of the weekends. Thus, I will give a brief recap of the show.
Was at the Fillmore. Went with Dinah. We got there around 8:20 and were very surprised to find that when they posted that the show was going to start at 8, it started at 8 and not in the 9-9:30 time range. That was a pleasant surprise actually.
The first band was Blitzen Trapper. I had heard of them before and heard some of their music on myspace, but that was about. They were REALLY good live. I was pleasantly surprised and probably would have bought their last album at the store had it not been for the horde at the exit (which I will talk about shortly)
The wait between sets wasn't that long and Fleet Foxes came out before we knew it. In that time, we actually managed to squeeze our way to maybe the 15th/20th row of people in front of the stage. Normally I'm morally opposed to such behavior, but it was not that crowded so it was more walking and less squeezing. And despite the fact that the Fleet Foxes crowd was relatively short, we managed to stand behind the three tallest people in the Fillmore that night. Go figure.
I was also kind of nervous about seeing them live. Their self-titled album was absolutely flawless. I figured there had to be something wrong with the live show. Their voices were too good to be true in the studio recording. Fortuantely, they actually sound exactly like they do on the album. It was amazing to see some of those harmonies they did on songs like White Winter Hymnal. There was also a lot of pot smoking, which at least makes more sense than the pot smoking at the St. Vincent show.
Also, I have some love for my camera. When it was stable enough to take pictures, I got some really good close ones despite the fact that I was relatively far back.
The coolest part of their set, however, was when the lead singer came out and did a completely unplugged version of Oliver James (or I remember it being Oliver James).
And for the final song, Blue Ridge Mountain, the whole band + Blitzen Trapper came out and played the song. It was fun to watch.
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The show ended relatively early. Maybe around 10:30? It took us forever to get out because everyone leaves from one small exit. That kind of made me a little nervous about the venue and I was glad there was no fire or anything. We did get free posters though curtosy of the Fillmore. That was cool.
We were back to my place around 11:15 between the long exit and the fact that it took forever to get a taxi. Dinah went back and I got in quite a bit of outlining.
That was my quick overview of the Fleet Foxes. I will write about the weekend and getting a summer job (w00t w00t) and all that in the next post.
