there are no words...

but since i'm an extrovert, i will attempt to describe it anyways...

i have seen many bands, but The Low Anthem has got to be one of the most gifted set of musicians i've ever seen. this is the second time i've seen them in the past year and WOW! i am very much blessed. everyone played at least 4 instruments - the pump organ, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, stand-up bass, harmonica, the fun machine, drums, other random percussion instruments, a horn of some kind, a mini-banjo, and twin clarinets (playing in harmony no less).

seriously...

at one point the lead singer was playing a crazy rhythm on the drums while flailing both arms and legs, while intermittently soloing on the harmonica. they also had a song where the 4 of them sang into an old school, super powerful mic (right in front of me!!!) in 4 part harmony -insert ecstatic scream here.

on one song, called "This God Damn House", he puts two cell phones on speaker phone and whistles into them, and it creates this weird echoing effect from the feedback between the phones. but this time around, he asked us (audience) to call each other and do it too, so we did :) it was just awesome...so we also soloed with him on speaker phone while the rest of the band kept playing.

i just keep laughing because i'm just utterly amazed! they played songs from both albums, a cover, and several new songs they just finished recording - oh happy day!

if you want to look up some of their music, they're new album is called "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". The songs "To Ohio", "Ticket Taker", and the song I posted yesterday are my three current favs.

thank you The Low Anthem!