Set List
Oct 10 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Oct 12 – Austin, TX @ ACL Official After Show Oct 13 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival Oct 15 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse Oct 16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club Oct 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts Oct 19 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Theatre Oct 21 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues Oct 22 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza Read More
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After tour opener, LA-based singer LP, had to pull out due to a meniscus knee injury, locals Farewell Milwaukee ably filled in with a 30 min. set of pleasant Americana rock, highlighting tracks from their just-released third album Can't Please You, Can't Please Me.
Then, after a short intermission, lights dimmed, intro music cued (a lounge-y version of ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’, AKA the 2001 theme) and the reserved, yet relaxed headliner started with the perfect opening song- ‘Tonight’s the Kind of Night’, then followed it with the title track of the new record.
The band, which once boasted fellow UK-folkie Laura Marling as a member, grew out of the same indie-folk scene as Mumford and Sons, Johnny Flynn, and others, and their sound has continued to evolve through its four releases, sounding more American to these ears.
Vocalist Charlie Fink must have been excited to play as well, as he inadvertently skipped ahead on the setlist to play ‘Give It All Back’ earlier than the rest of the band expected, though caught his mistake after its performance, “I just thought the mood was right for it,” Fink mused. A bouncy ‘“L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.,” (abbreviated as ‘L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.B.O.N.G.’ on the setlist) was an early highlight, Hobden’s violin keeping the heads nodding and feet shuffling in the crowd.
‘Old Joy’ became a crowd chorus sing-a-long “with that Dinkytown soul” which the crowd responded well to, Fink declaring it “the most musical version” heard so far on the tour. A request from a concertgoer in Portland kept ‘2 Atoms in a Molecule’ in the setlist for here as well, and Fink also called out a member in the audience they had met earlier in the day, who coincidentally also happened to be named Noah.
Charlie Fink
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But, the party wasn’t over yet- the band teased they might head around the corner, to the neighboring Kitty Kat Club to continue on, under the guise of either band name ‘No Underwear’ (a nameplay on their own band’s name as a result of Customs not understanding their UK accent when communicating) or ‘Bullshark’ (named after bassist Owens’ new cowboy boots). A ‘whale of a time’ that kept going into the early hours of the night.
Noah and the Whale at the Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (10/08/13) |
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