one hundred and twenty two

Thursday, May 28th at Chain.

Brave Citizens, Playradioplay, Eye Alaska and Lydia.

I arrived too late to see Brave Citizens, but early enough to see the three bands I was really interested in. PRP played some really good new stuff that I'm looking forward to hearing finalized versions of. It was just Dan and a drummer, but I was pretty impressed with their set. As were the many squealing girls in the crowd. lol.

Eye Alaska killed it, of course. I'm glad I get to see their hometown shows still because, especially with Brandon, you an always tell what a great time they're having. I'm sure he always puts a hundred and ten percent into his performance but you can just see how much he absolutely loves it at Chain. They played some new stuff as well, and a really pretty acoustic song with just Brandon and Mindy from Lydia. It was called "Miles Don't Mean Anything" and I kind of loved it a lot. They ended with "Walk Like a Gentleman" and didn't play "Divorce." :( Still a great set though.

Lydia blew me away. I knew they were gonna be great because they're music is entirely beautiful and just ridiculous, but they were ten thousand times better than I'd expected. Somehow they took music that I'm already in love with and made it even more incredible. I was really hoping to hear "All I See," and I really thought they were going to play it during their encore, but no such luck. Still a spectacular set. Great show.