2009.12.08 Sixth and I Synagogue, Washington, DC

[Digital]

Was wondering who's planning on coming to this show? I'll be there, and I look forward to seeing anyone else that decides to come. If everything goes as expected, I should be in the back recording.

Setlist to come Tuesday/Wednesday.

[argos]

Setlist from last night:

Whatever You Want ("an ode to passive aggressiveness...a holy virtue" in Vienna's words)
Blue Caravan
The Tower (looper version, which Alex referred to as "The Tower, Part II: The Revenge")
Antebellum
In Another Life
Gravity
In the Creases
Stray Italian Greyhound
The Last Snowfall
Augustine
No Gringo
Harbor
Grandmother Song
Soon Love Soon - off mic/audience sing-along

I didn't write it down during the show and my memory of the order is a little fuzzy between In Another Life and Harbor, so hopefully someone else who was there can double-check. They had the crowd eating out of their hands by the end. The venue was gorgeous, but I found the sound mix a little overpowering. It muddled the vocals somewhat and made it feel like they were performing in a cavernous high school gym rather than a relatively intimate space. Could have been just where I was sitting in relation to the speakers though.

[Digital]

Close on the set list:

Whatever You Want
Blue Caravan
The Tower
Antebellum
In Another Life
Gravity
In The Creases
The Last Snowfall
Stray Italian Greyhound
No Gringo
Augustine
Harbor
Grandmother Song
Soon Love Soon

Given the room, the likeness to a gym isn't far off - there's a lot of room for reverb and echos in there. I'm just glad the sound guy wasn't interesting in making my ears bleed like the last show I went to there.