Thanks to Oh My Rockness! and Goldenvoice for hooking me up with Sunset Rubdown tickets to last Friday’s show. For those of you who don’t know who/what Sunset Rubdown is: Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug (after 1 solo release under the same name in 2005) and Pony Up!’s Camilla Wynne Ingr, got together with two other dudes in 2006 and recorded, “Shut Up I Am Dreaming” which is a masterpiece of an album. click to view discography
But I will not hesitate to be honest here: While I really do think that Sunset Rubdown is one of the best recent groups I’ve heard in a very long time, if you hadn’t heard them before seeing Friday’s show you will probably disagree with me forever. Why? BECAUSE THE SHOW WAS BORING! There’s just no way around it. I didn’t feel any positive energy or excitement from the band at all–In fact, I found myself more interested in trying to stab the olives at the bottom of my martini without spilling any of the drink, and in the venue’s (really cool) light fixtures than I was in the show. To be truthful: I got the impression that the band was more bored than I was.
Seriously though, their recorded material is really good and I definitely recommend that you give it a listen. Just don’t get too excited about seeing them live.
i want to smash my soul on your brain
