Monday, TVOTR performed at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, a recent stop on their tour promoting their newest and undeniably most accesible album to date. I almost literally stumbled into a ticket and watched the show from the floor.
The best thing about floor tickets at the Wilbur has to be the building's 1914 foundation and existing architexture. Unlike modern rock clubs, you can feel the bass up to your knees through the floor. Quite the experience when Tunde Adebimpe cranks up the bass for "Halfway Home" (see my very amateur photogrphy above).
The band opened wit the intro track off Dear Science, a recurring theme of the night (they played everything off the new album save three songs). They also managed to play their established hits from 2006's Return To Cookie Mountain including "Wolf Like Me", "Hours", and a crowd-pleasing rendition of "A Method".
Interaction with the crowd prooved to be interesting, guitarist Kyp Malone remarking that, "It must be hard to dance sitting down..." The venue was full of die-hard listeners as well as a healthy helping of fair-weather fans. I stood just in front of a fifty-something-year-old couple who before the show started politely tapped me on te shoulder to ask if, "These guys are new right?"
All things considered, the show was very good, not great. A B+ performance if you catch my drift. The band is terrific and definitely worthy of spending a little money, or at least checking out their new album.
For more info on the band/album/tour, go to http://www.tvontheradio.com/
Gerard Smith (bass, left) and Jaleel Bunton (drums, middle) being interviewed before the show...One of the perks to living in downtown Boston.
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