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I couldn't tell you how excited I was to finally see the Chapin Sisters live last Saturday at the sold-out show for She & Him at First Avenue in Minneapolis. You see, two years ago, I was quickly charmed by the depressing harmonizing vocals of three sisters with their album, Lake Bottom LP.
Two years later, and finally I got to see them and it's everything I had expected: beautiful, wonderful harmonizing songs. Since they are minus one sister (Jessica Craven), they mostly did recent songs, like from recently released EP, Oh, Hear The Wind Blow. Songs like "Palm Tree" and "Digging A Hole", are a treat to hear live. For an "old" song, requiring a third voice, they did get a help from Zooey Deschanel (the She in She & Him).
Unfortunately, the Chapin Sisters did a brief setlist of about six songs. They starting off with bare minimal instruments and harmonizing, but are quickly joined by the She & Him band, providing rhythm guitars and percussions.
Although the sisters exit the stage, they soon appear, singing back up for She & Him. I'll have to say that seeing Zooey, standing next to Matthew Ward, that she's a very small person. Ward rarely sings, he's mostly doing that "guitar god" thing (and he's actually pretty good at it), while Deschanel does most of the heavy-lifting on the singing part.
They did a lot of songs. Like a lot of songs. As you can see from their setlist, it's twenty-four songs. There was a break on the set, where the band left, and it's just "she and him" on stage. Those songs are quieter, but I did prefer when they are at their best: jamming on "Over It Over Again" and "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?".
Since M Ward and Zooey made it blatantly clear that no photographs were to be taken (Zooey asked fans to put away cameras and turning off the flash twice during the show), here are some photos of the Chapin Sisters.
Unfortunately, the Chapin Sisters did a brief setlist of about six songs. They starting off with bare minimal instruments and harmonizing, but are quickly joined by the She & Him band, providing rhythm guitars and percussions.
Although the sisters exit the stage, they soon appear, singing back up for She & Him. I'll have to say that seeing Zooey, standing next to Matthew Ward, that she's a very small person. Ward rarely sings, he's mostly doing that "guitar god" thing (and he's actually pretty good at it), while Deschanel does most of the heavy-lifting on the singing part.
They did a lot of songs. Like a lot of songs. As you can see from their setlist, it's twenty-four songs. There was a break on the set, where the band left, and it's just "she and him" on stage. Those songs are quieter, but I did prefer when they are at their best: jamming on "Over It Over Again" and "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?".
Since M Ward and Zooey made it blatantly clear that no photographs were to be taken (Zooey asked fans to put away cameras and turning off the flash twice during the show), here are some photos of the Chapin Sisters.
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