We saw Matt Pond PA at Kings, in Raleigh last Friday. This tour is the 10th Anniversary tour for their "Several Arrows Later" album. So, they played that whole album, then finished up with a handful of songs from their upcoming album.
Fantastic show.
I'd been listening to that album in the past weeks, to study, kindof, for this show. And now I think I like it even more than I like "Last Light". So, win. I was a bit worried that some of the more delicate bits might not do well in a live setting - and what would the songs be without the loving production, and would all the little melodic curlicues survive? So I got too close to the record, I guess. But the songs worked great, live. The cellist and the lead guitarist took care of filling in all the details and accents that make the records so nice. Matt Pond's voice was great, and maybe a bit more aggressive than on the record. Everything was a little more muscular, actually. And watching them put it all together was awesome.
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Cello in a rock band? Hell yeah!
Young Buffalo opened. They're melodic and energetic, with great vocal harmonies and a fondness for quick major-scale guitar figures. I could've sworn the two singer/guitarists were brothers. They look similar and their voices work together in the way that siblings' voices often do. But, no, just friends. I liked them a lot. Will have to explore their records.