Last night at the Showbox in Seattle I was in attendance to see Built to Spill perform their 1997 classic album Perfect From Now On.
The crowd was already riled up in a frenzy and screaming before the first notes hit. Throughout the venue I had overheard people talking about how many times they had listened to the album that day or week(For the record I had listened to it 3 or 4 times this week).
Right before the band began their first song lead singer Doug Martsch said, "This is for Phil Ek." Phil Ek was the, at the time Seattle based, producer of the album.
The hot crowd was so lively that I could actually feel the floor beneath my feet bow as people jumped, danced, and tapped their feet.
As the band neared the end of album closer Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else) they transitioned smoothly right into Goin' Against Your Mind from 2006's You In Reverse.
Built to Spill left the stage to a rousing ovation, and they returned a few moments later to play a two song encore of Big Dipper and a song that once made me absolutely lose it- You Were Right from Keep It Like a Secret.
Built to Spill continues to put on one of the best live performances that you will ever see. Check them out on their current world tour if you can:
9/6/08 McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR
9/8/08 Slim's San Francisco, CA
9/9/08 Slim's San Francisco, CA
9/10/08 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
9/11/08 Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
9/12/08 Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown, CA
9/16/08 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
9/17/08 Toad's Place New Haven, CT
9/18/08 Calvin Theater Northampton, MA
9/19/08 All Tomorrow's Parties Festival Monticello, NY
9/20/08 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
9/21/08 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
9/22/08 The National Richmond, VA
9/23/08 9:30 Club Washington, DC
9/24/08 Ram's Head Live Baltimore, MD
9/25/08 Terminal 5 New York, NY
9/26/08 Terminal 5 New York, NY
9/27/08 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
10/1/08 Doornroosje Nijmegen
10/2/08 Melkweg Amsterdam
10/3/08 Tivoli Utrecht
10/4/08 Take rot Groningen
10/5/08 AB Box Brussels
10/6/08 VoxHall Aarhus
10/7/08 Loppen Copenhagen
10/9/08 Folken Stavanger
10/10/08 USF Bergen
10/11/08 Rockefeller Oslo
10/12/08 Sticky Fingers Goteborg
10/13/08 Debaser Medis Stockholm
10/14/08 KB Malmo
10/15/08 Forum Bielefeld
10/16/08 Bhf Langendeer Bochum
10/17/08 Universum Stuttgart
10/18/08 Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg
10/19/08 K4 Nurnberg
10/21/08 Flex Wien
10/22/08 Weekender Innsbruck
10/23/08 Palace St. Gallan
10/24/08 Locomotive Bologna
10/25/08 In IT Rome
10/26/08 Interzone Verona
10/28/08 La Cooperative Clermont Ferrand
10/29/08 Apolo Barcelona
10/30/08 Caracol Madrid
10/31/08 Azkena Bilbao
11/1/08 La Nef Angouleme
11/3/08 Maroquinerie Paris
11/4/08 Koko London
11/5/08 Thekla Bristol
11/6/08 Zodiac Oxford
11/7/08 Brudenell Social club Leeds
11/8/08 King Tuts Glasgow
11/9/08 Limelight Belfast
11/10/08 Academy Dublin
2 comments:
*swoon* The Troubadour
Gotta love those spring loaded floors they have at the Showbox. You could probably mostly feel me jumpin' dancin' n' tappin' because I was standing right next to you.
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