It’s midweek in London, the weekend is poking it’s head above the horizon and a packed out Brixton Academy crowd is here to pay homage to a band so fine, that they really can’t contain their excitement that they like thousands of others are in the know about Death Cab for Cutie, whilst the rest of the millions are still watching X Factor!
That general crowd buzz was evident from the off, which meant that the crowd noise for the Seattle based based support Chastity Belt seemed at times louder than this fine 4-piece themselves!
Chastity Belt really look to have a fine future ahead with their rough-edged lo-fi tunes. Keep an eye on this outfit.
9pm and the 5-piece Death Cab for Cutie take to the stage, which they occupy for the next two hours with 24 songs from their vast and ever-growing catalogue of songs.
Brixton is really a second home for these guys, the 5th time Ben Gibbard announces they have played the venue and the whole gig really does feel like a homecoming. The band are full of fire and passion, which after a year on the road and on their third visit to the UK in 2015, is admirable indeed.
It’s impossible to highlight one song over the other, because the set is just spot on from the opener ‘The New Year’ to closer ‘Transatlanticism’. The show is played a breakneck speed one song after the ever with the odd pause for breath and a quick chat.
The mid set introduction of ‘Summer Skin’ went down a storm as did the acoustic solo rendition of ‘I will follow you into the Dark’ which, Ben dedicated to those present who had been at Glastonbury this year but, was a song they could not fit into their set on the day.
A truly magnificent show, you really felt they could have played on for another couple of hours at least!
Pete
Set-List
The New Year
Crooked Teeth
Why You'd Want to Live Here
Photobooth
Black Sun
The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
Grapevine Fires
Little Wanderer
Company Calls
Pictures in an Exhibition
You've Haunted Me All My Life
Summer Skin
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
I Will Possess Your Heart
El Dorado
You Are a Tourist
Doors Unlocked and Open
Cath...
Soul Meets Body
Bixby Canyon Bridge
Encore:
Brothers on a Hotel Bed
No Room in Frame
Marching Bands of Manhattan
Transatlanticism