Death Cab For Cutie
with Clue To Kalo
» Death Cab for Cutie - Thebarton Theatre, SA - Sun, February 22
» Death Cab for Cutie - Forum, The, Vic - Mon, February 23
» Death Cab for Cutie - Forum, The, Vic - Tue, February 24
» Death Cab for Cutie - Enmore Theatre, NSW - Thu, February 26
» Death Cab for Cutie - Tivoli, The, QLD - Sat, February 28
» Cold war Kids - venue, Mon, February 2
» Primal Scream - venue, Wed, February 11
» Death Cab for Cutie Australian Tour Announced - May 26, 2008
» Peeping Tom - June 24, 2007
» Death Cab For Cutie - July 18, 2006
It had been a long time since I had been so excited about a gig (probably since Mars Volta at BDO) and all my expectations were fulfilled. Very rarely does a band play pretty much every tune you want to hear, but Death Cab did this.
Support band Clue to Kalo played a short set and they looked promising, but it was clear everyone just wanted them to finish so that the main act could start.
Death Cab for Cutie started the night with “Marching Bands of Manhattan” to rapturous applause. Other songs off Plans included “Summer Skin”, “Crooked Teeth”, “Different Names For The Same Thing”, “What Sarah Said”. A highlight was “Soul Meets Body” which drew a massive sing-a-long from the crowd, and also the haunting “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”, possibly one of the most poetic songs of recent years.
Some older tunes to make the set included, “Why You’d Want To Live Here” and tracks from Transatlanticism which were the highlights for many fans, including “Expo 86”, the bitter “Tiny Vessels”, an epic closing rendition of “Transatlanticism”. “Sound Of Settling” really got the crowd jumping and my high points of the evening - “The New Year”, which was amazing and “Title And Registration”.
Upon seeing Ben (Gibbard) pick up the drumsticks, I knew that this was going to be the song, and the opening got everyone jumping before a big sing-a-long. At one point during one of the keys based numbers, Ben calls for a clap-a-long and promises “This will be the only crowd participation part of the night”. Well sorry Ben, for proving you wrong, but I can’t help singing to your songs, they’re just too good.
Death Cab for Cutie are a tight outfit. Before last night I underestimated the importance of Chris (Walla), Nick (Harmer) and Jason (McGerr). These guys are tight. I knew Chris, as the producer, was important to the recordings, but onstage he is energetic, passionate and more than competent, as are Jason and Nick.
Come back soon Death Cab. I’ll be waiting. (P.S. Nick, I hope you don’t already have that Chewy figurine).
