I was going to do a one-paragraph
summary of the OMAM show, but a lot of readers know the full album, so I’ll provide
the full notes. This should also allow the
people who went to the concert to connect with specific moments. If you’d prefer to just listen to some OMAM,
click on the videos at the bottom. :)
--- I’m immediately struck by the different looks: Icelandic
librarian, Icelandic witch, LL Bean model, Spiky Haired Guy from My Apartment
Complex, and Sam from Lord of the Rings.
--- "Dirty Paws” sounds exactly like it does on the
album – no loss in quality live.
The audience is surprisingly subdued at this point.
--- "From Finner” has a nice drum change a minute in --
the drummer's actually singing – in an Icelandic accent! Getting the audience
to sway their hands is a good idea.
--- Getting them to clap their hands during "Slow and Steady" is also smart – it’d be rather dull without
it. First trumpet of the night!
--- HA, they’re dividing the audience into karaoke groups
during “Mountain Sound.” Downstairs
follow the witch; upstairs follows Samwise Gamgee. “Hold your horses...sleep until the sun goes
down” – such uptempo excitement!
--- The acoustic opening to “Your Bones” is solid; as is the
humor in the next introduction: “This song is about friendship. So make sure to hug your partner, friend,
sibling, or… yourself.” (That other
bone-related song was a cover of "Skeleton" by Yeah
Yeah Yeah. Mike Erickson would
approve.)
--- “Do you want to hear a love song?!” induces numerous squeals. The actual song, “Love Love Love,” induces
very little because yawns do not make a lot of noise. Cool keyboard plink
in the last five seconds doesn't make up for the rest of the song.
--- “King and Lionheart” is so much
better. Clapping and ennnergy.
--- “Lakehouse” has an opening that’s both moody and happy. Awww, a woman in the audience is strumming
along. “Where we are, where we are” – smooooth
reverb. Whoa, suddenly it’s all hyper –
and the audience is getting involved.
This time the audience participation is not a gimmick; it’s gravy. And now they’re now throwing in random blues
riffs. This is epic – best of the night
so far.
--- “LITTLE TALKS”! With extended trumpet solo!!
--- After the encore: "We are doing two more
songs. This is the reason we’re back."
Heh.
--- "Sloom" has such distinctive inflections: “Love me,
mottther, father, sister……as well.”
--- “Yellow Light”’s title and haunting vocal opening remind
me of the green light in The Great Gatsby.
Not as memorable as Death Cab’s “Transatlanticism,” another moody closer,
but points for a bold ending.
Grade: B+
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