The dudes - the girls were to the right
They played as a five-piece: Dave Longstreth on acoustic guitar (and singing), Nat Baldwin on stand-up bass, and Angel Deradoorian, Amber Koffman, and Haley Dekle singing. I was psyched for the show because it feels like the band is at a point where it will be hard to see them in a small venue anytime soon. (Longstreth was signing autographs after the show.) The ticket came free with a pre-order of the album. I think it is the first show they've played (in nyc at least) since the release of the new album. The audience was super sweet and stoked. The band opened with "police story' which, cursing and all, is staggeringly good when acoustic. It was warm (actually very hot) I mean warm vibes I guess. Teenagers (twittering as we awaited them to start) and grey-haired dudes, and all really happy. They played an encore (in addition to the set list below) of "stillness is the move" the jam, the single. With no percussion during the show (save Baldwin's bass and foot tapping) the audience clapped the beat. So good. You can listen to that song here. Nytimes compared the singing to Mariah, as in Carey. And the article has a shout-out to Olympia. Fuck yes.
set list & super-nice OM employee (she helped me pick out father's day cds for my dad!)
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