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Posted Friday, January 21, 2005 at 2:08 AM
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Absense makes the heart grow fonder, or so conventional wisdom and trite expressions would tell us. In my case, absense, was fairly substantial: I last saw the Features, I'm fairly certain, December 21, 2002, a little over two years ago, at Chattanooga's Attic venue. For two years, dreams of Exhibit A, kindly-sent bootlegs from RD and others, and finally Exhibit A itself were all that complemented my backlog of recordings to tide me over. I was ravenous, there's no doubt. I've missed a pair of shows in Chicago since then, for academic reasons, but now that I'm out of school, I had no reason to miss tonight's show.
I showed up early, and moved to the stage as soon as others showed up at the stagefront. I situated myself directly in front of the drumset, with Roger to my right and Matt to my left, with Parrish to the far left. It was a good, more linear setup than I'd been used to, and it served me well.
The band took the stage at 9:25 or so and proceeded to play (setlist out of order):
Circus
The Way It's Meant to Be
There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
Me and the Skirts
Blow It Out
Exhibit A
a new song whose name I didn't catch
Temporary Blues
Mosis Ptosis
Hold Me Alone
Thursday
I believe that's it. It seemed evident that another superfan was in attendance, and she seemed to be writing down the set, so hopefully she'll post it here (if you're out there, sorry I didn't say Hi, I should have).
The Double Door is a great venue, and it was especially great to see them in a place with reasonably good sound engineers. Certainly better sound than I was used to at venues like Red Roase and the Boro. Circus was, as always, a fantastic opener, and probably the song I most longed to hear again. The band seemed cleaner than when last I saw them (cleaner playing), but also more able to "play around" in the context of the songs, able to add flourishes and fills as the opportunity and moment struck. I liked the new song a great deal, and I absolutely adored Hold Me Alone. It was great to hear Mosis Ptosis live, I'd really taken a shine to that song from the boots. I should repeat that Hold Me Alone is my favorite new Features song in quite some time. Amazing. And Temporary Blues! How things change! When last I saw them, Temporary Blues was an "old" song that made occasional appearences at shows with bigger sets. It seemed that it'd been perfected (and probably rewritten, lyrically), and I assume it is back to stay. I'm thrilled! If only Action could get the same treatment... I digress.
Before each of the last three songs, a girl kept yelling for Thursday, which I would have assumed was retired, at least for these shorter sets, but which I knew was coming because I snuck a peek at the setlist at Roger's feet (I always shook my Christmas presents too, yes). She was really kinda obnoxious about it and certainly soured me to the idea of asking them to play anything (33 1/3 was almost requested, and See You Through likewise). I also knew that they'd designed the set they wanted to play in order to make the best impression, so I wasn't going to try to get in the way of that. Regardless, this obnoxious girl's screams for Thursday prompted Matt to cheekily introduce the songs by saying "this one is by request." And Thursday was then played as I've never heard it.
All in all, a great show, and the couple of friends that I'd been able to coax into coming really, really loved it. How was the show received by the crowd? I couldn't exactly say: I had tunnel vision, and certainly everyone at the front of the theater seemed to be really into the show. After The Features set, when I gave up my stageside spot to folks that might enjoy Razoright more than I would, I realized that the place was packed. But in this fickle venue only blocks from Pitchfork's headquarters, who knows? I'd love to see something on Pitchfork about them in response to a positive impression, but I have no idea how those outside of the fan bubble felt. Those of us in there, though, had a great time.
Incidentally, Razorlight was killing my buzz, but I didn't want to leave early. My friends did, however, and I was certainly fine to leave before I fully came down from the Features-high. Leaving early afforded me the opportunity to witness a major domestic disturbance at Swank Frank, the hotdog stand across the street, and also to lose my wallet on the el while returning to Andersonville. Worth it! Anything for this band.
They might be coming back soon in support of Kings of Leon (who are playing The Metro(!) March 3). So sayeth Matt.
Will
who wore his circa-1998 sunshine graphic Features shirt under his salmon-colored button down... no one saw it but him
who also would like the pictures taken by the afforementioned superfan, if she does indeed post here
(Edited by Wiyum at 3:27 am on Jan. 21, 2005)
I showed up early, and moved to the stage as soon as others showed up at the stagefront. I situated myself directly in front of the drumset, with Roger to my right and Matt to my left, with Parrish to the far left. It was a good, more linear setup than I'd been used to, and it served me well.
The band took the stage at 9:25 or so and proceeded to play (setlist out of order):
Circus
The Way It's Meant to Be
There's a Million Ways to Sing the Blues
Me and the Skirts
Blow It Out
Exhibit A
a new song whose name I didn't catch
Temporary Blues
Mosis Ptosis
Hold Me Alone
Thursday
I believe that's it. It seemed evident that another superfan was in attendance, and she seemed to be writing down the set, so hopefully she'll post it here (if you're out there, sorry I didn't say Hi, I should have).
The Double Door is a great venue, and it was especially great to see them in a place with reasonably good sound engineers. Certainly better sound than I was used to at venues like Red Roase and the Boro. Circus was, as always, a fantastic opener, and probably the song I most longed to hear again. The band seemed cleaner than when last I saw them (cleaner playing), but also more able to "play around" in the context of the songs, able to add flourishes and fills as the opportunity and moment struck. I liked the new song a great deal, and I absolutely adored Hold Me Alone. It was great to hear Mosis Ptosis live, I'd really taken a shine to that song from the boots. I should repeat that Hold Me Alone is my favorite new Features song in quite some time. Amazing. And Temporary Blues! How things change! When last I saw them, Temporary Blues was an "old" song that made occasional appearences at shows with bigger sets. It seemed that it'd been perfected (and probably rewritten, lyrically), and I assume it is back to stay. I'm thrilled! If only Action could get the same treatment... I digress.
Before each of the last three songs, a girl kept yelling for Thursday, which I would have assumed was retired, at least for these shorter sets, but which I knew was coming because I snuck a peek at the setlist at Roger's feet (I always shook my Christmas presents too, yes). She was really kinda obnoxious about it and certainly soured me to the idea of asking them to play anything (33 1/3 was almost requested, and See You Through likewise). I also knew that they'd designed the set they wanted to play in order to make the best impression, so I wasn't going to try to get in the way of that. Regardless, this obnoxious girl's screams for Thursday prompted Matt to cheekily introduce the songs by saying "this one is by request." And Thursday was then played as I've never heard it.
All in all, a great show, and the couple of friends that I'd been able to coax into coming really, really loved it. How was the show received by the crowd? I couldn't exactly say: I had tunnel vision, and certainly everyone at the front of the theater seemed to be really into the show. After The Features set, when I gave up my stageside spot to folks that might enjoy Razoright more than I would, I realized that the place was packed. But in this fickle venue only blocks from Pitchfork's headquarters, who knows? I'd love to see something on Pitchfork about them in response to a positive impression, but I have no idea how those outside of the fan bubble felt. Those of us in there, though, had a great time.
Incidentally, Razorlight was killing my buzz, but I didn't want to leave early. My friends did, however, and I was certainly fine to leave before I fully came down from the Features-high. Leaving early afforded me the opportunity to witness a major domestic disturbance at Swank Frank, the hotdog stand across the street, and also to lose my wallet on the el while returning to Andersonville. Worth it! Anything for this band.
They might be coming back soon in support of Kings of Leon (who are playing The Metro(!) March 3). So sayeth Matt.
Will
who wore his circa-1998 sunshine graphic Features shirt under his salmon-colored button down... no one saw it but him
who also would like the pictures taken by the afforementioned superfan, if she does indeed post here
(Edited by Wiyum at 3:27 am on Jan. 21, 2005)
You may like grandma's yard gnomes, but I've seen Rock City. Remember it.
Quote from Jakob Dorof on Jan. 22, 2005 at 1:23 PM
I'm afraid that I'm probably like those great 30 second clips on iTunes, though...never quite as good when you get the full package (ha). I'm definitely going to visit Tennessee sometime soon though...
