Post #750: Birdmonster Cause Aural Hysteria At Mercury Lounge
Holy shit, what a great show!
Who would have guessed that such fantastic music could come out of San Francisco, of all places?
Singer, Peter Arcuni, is like Win Butler on unlimited espresso. He demands your full attention without any iota of pretention. It's a true unbridled passion for beautifully crafted songs that Pete evokes on stage which keep fans coming back each time, fists raised and mouths agape.
The set opened similarly to the last Sin-e show from June, with 'Ice Age'.
The slow build of that song makes it the ideal opener within their collection of outstanding tracks. The entire set was flawless so it'd be hard to pick just one favorite. The band just floors me. Their live show is truly like no other.
Their awesome (yes, that's the only word to describe it) debut LP, No Midnight finally got its long overdue official release last month and the boys showcased the album to perfection at Merc last night. For the love of Jesus, buy it buy it buy it. If you don't love it within 48 hours... err, well, then you can leave us nasty comments.
Full setlist:
Visit the guys, tell them how much you love them and hear 3 LP tracks and one EP tune over at their MySpace page.
How great is this shot?
Tonight it's The Gaskets turn to throw it down at The Merc. You KNOW we will be there.
Who would have guessed that such fantastic music could come out of San Francisco, of all places?
Singer, Peter Arcuni, is like Win Butler on unlimited espresso. He demands your full attention without any iota of pretention. It's a true unbridled passion for beautifully crafted songs that Pete evokes on stage which keep fans coming back each time, fists raised and mouths agape.
The set opened similarly to the last Sin-e show from June, with 'Ice Age'.
The slow build of that song makes it the ideal opener within their collection of outstanding tracks. The entire set was flawless so it'd be hard to pick just one favorite. The band just floors me. Their live show is truly like no other.
Their awesome (yes, that's the only word to describe it) debut LP, No Midnight finally got its long overdue official release last month and the boys showcased the album to perfection at Merc last night. For the love of Jesus, buy it buy it buy it. If you don't love it within 48 hours... err, well, then you can leave us nasty comments.
Full setlist:
Visit the guys, tell them how much you love them and hear 3 LP tracks and one EP tune over at their MySpace page.
How great is this shot?
Tonight it's The Gaskets turn to throw it down at The Merc. You KNOW we will be there.
Labels: birdmonster, concert review, mercury lounge
posted by m | 9:26 AM
5 Comments:
definitely one of my favorite bands to see live. its amazing how much energy they put into their show every night. looks like 'resurrection song' was crossed off their setlist. did they not play it?
they didn't play it :(
oh well it was still amazing
they played it saturday in brooklyn instead...it was super
That picture of the setlist must of been a close-up-zoom-in because that is from a 4x6 memo pad and I'm surprised that little piece of paper stayed in tact for the entire show because they went crazy-go-nuts on taht stage. Did anyone else see that Peter had the setlist written on his left arm like some kind of cheat sheet, or like what a quarterback does to remember the game plan.
hey b-loud, i actually took the setlist from the stage right after the show and then photographed it while it rested on my palm! somehow it wasn't mangled, being honest.
i didnt notice the setlist on his left arm but was wondering about it since i didnt see one by his feet! that's crazy.
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