• the night with a swallow on each shoulder

    21 mai 2008, 20h57m par alternative4

    after having the A Silver Mt. Zion experience last night, i am shredded to bits inside. maybe a bit hung over too. but it all feels great.

    if E. didn't take breaks to share his quick wit with the audience between songs, i suspect i could have turned into that guy on the top right balcony, head-banging fervently. and i admit there were many moments i would have taken out a bottle of red wine from my bag and chugged it. only if i had one of course, but that's besides the point. what i am trying to express here is how much i was moved by the music. i am not ashamed to tell the world that i broke out in tears towards the end of There Is A Light
    and yes, i may do the same as the fellow Last.fm user who wrote in his review that he is "so getting a tattoo like Jessica's".

    as a side note, seeing ASMZ perform made me think what could possibly have happened if i had seen Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia live. perhaps then i would have brought that wine bottle with me. and probably a pack of razor blades. …
  • Great as usual

    21 mai 2008, 17h34m par nomoremilk

    Tue 20 May – A Silver Mt. Zion, Vic Chesnutt

    ASMZ were great as usual. It's really amazing how much they have evolved as a band over the years. Their string section continues to play a prominent role in their music and it's good to see that they still have some great new ideas. Their new songs were great. Efrim is still a terrible singer but he has made improvements :) Thankfully the other band members sing more than they did in the past.
    They did not play "God bless our dead marines" (the song most fans wanted) but they did play my favorite Blindblindblind. They left it for last though and I felt the band was a little tired when they played it.
    Their interaction with the audience regarding politics, fake bands doing photoshoots, Israel and the internet was really fun. When GYBE went on hiatus I was really sad but seeing how bad their last album was and what a great band ASMZ have turned into, I think it was a good idea after all. You can tell that they have become really comfortable with their music.