ON AN ON @ Great Scott // Boston, MA
What better way to spend a Sunday night than at my first concert back in Boston? I love Great Scott because it’s a bar/concert hall, so the venue is really small and intimate. Of course it’s nice to see bands in bigger halls with hundreds and hundreds of people, but I love the smaller venues because those are the shows that I remember being the most special. It’s also fun to watch these bands make it big and then be able to say “I saw that band when they were playing pubs!”
So DOSH opened up, and it really set the mood for the rest of the show. He just did his thing up there and got the vibe going. I of course came it late because ~responsibilities~ but I caught a couple of his songs at the end and I was feeling it.
Then came Eliot Sumner. Wow. This girl has one of the most unique voices I have ever heard. It was kind of raspy and she definitely has a fantastic lower vocal range, but she killed it on some high notes too. They had a very alt rock vibe going on with just a touch of electro, and they had a very dynamic set which I thought was great because I love when artists show off all the kinds of stuff they’ve got going on. It would be boring if every song sounded the same wouldn’t it?
And then ON AN ON. You know, that’s kind of how their songs make you feel. Not in a boring way, but in a “wow I am getting so lost in this set it could just go ON AN ON” If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, that’s okay because I’m not sure either. What I am sure of is that this show was so awesome. Right from the very first song the lead singer started doing his thing and I instantly felt like I was just ready to vibe with them for the whole set. His voice is so calm and soothing and I knew that from listening to their tracks, but it’s on a whole other level live. And this could have been because of the setting, but I felt like I was just hanging out watching some of my buddies up on stage because they were just hanging out doing their thing too. Just some buddies doing a show for some buddies. With that, their stage presence was on point. Not too much talking and bullshitting, but not too little.
A couple of specific things I want to note:
During Eliot Sumner’s set, the keyboardist’s mic started to fall and the keyboardist from ON AN ON ran on stage to fix it for him, because that is what friends do and it made me smile.
Honestly I almost have to say that I loved “Drifting” even more live than on the track. Everyone was just very in tune with one another, and I was in tune with them so I was way into it.
The bassist got on mic for a song and WOW that song took me to another universe. Again, just the way all of the sounds were molding together was awesome. And also he has a killer voice. Do more of those.
The keyboardist was everything that tied the show together, and I hope to someday be as cool as her.
And that’s it. Sometimes you see a band live and you just think “I’m going to be so lucky to be able to say I was at this show in a year’s time.” Big things coming from these acts.
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