Legally Bland

Caribou put on a fantastic show last night at the First Unitarian Church. If you want the poetic version check with Rubens, but I will say this: Drums. I’ve been having a bit of a love affair with all things rhythm lately (still dreaming of Mahogany’s bassist) and the dual drum kits last night were almost worth the price of admission. Snaith (as pointed out numerous times elsewhere) has a talent not only for crafting beautiful melodies, but also for banging out a mean backbeat. When he and Brad Weber were going at it simultaneously, everything else had no choice but to fall into place, and it did. Most shining example of the merits of having two drum kits right up front; Sandy, which they played pretty early in the set.

Now for the gripe, and I’ll keep it brief: There wasn’t enough material from Andorra. Rubens said it best when he described the show as a “greatest hits.” I know Rubens was reveling in the older songs, but I was expecting/hoping for more from the latest album. With that said, it was great to hear them play stuff that I missed when they came through last time. It was especially nice to hear a song like Crayon, which I just assumed I’d never get to hear live (and performed perfectly I’ll add). Here’s hoping that when they tour for the next album, we’ll get to hear more from Andorra.

You can see the rest of the pictures I took in this Flickr set.