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Mare and I went to the Death Cab for Cutie show at the Orpheum tonight. I’d never been to that venue and was pretty excited about the show. I was really impressed with the Orpheum. It was a beautiful building and I’d love to catch a play there sometime (hopefully in the balcony). We had pretty good seats (due to the fact that I just happened to be checking out DCFC’s website the morning ticketscammer started selling tickets). The show was a lot of fun but there were a couple of things that bothered me.

First, the sound guys seemed to have a hard time dialing in the right volumes. Secondly, we were sitting near the wall, in direct line with the speakers and the bass was WAY too loud. The sound echoed off the walls and all that seemed to be left was the pounding baseline (mostly drums). I was disappointed because one of the reasons I love DCFC so much is the melodic subtleties and controlled chaos of their music. Most of that was lost

It was still a great show though! The highlight of the evening was the first song. The room was buzzing with energy and, as the music started, people were squirming in their seats wondering who would be the first brave soul to stand up. The conclusion of the song, and subsequent clapping was finally enough to push people over the edge (or rather, to their feet).

Another thing that really surprised me was the variation of the audience. I was expecting nothing but hipster kids with their “i don’t care how I look but spent $80 on these tight pants and $40 hair-in-face haircut”. Surprisingly, there were quite a few older people, and LOTS of underage kids. It was refreshing to see lot of different people enjoying the same good music. All in all, it was a really fun night!

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