49 the bravery @ avalon

so i finally saw a rock concert. in boston. by a band whose cd i bought a few weeks ago and of which i really like the song 'an honest mistake'. yes i am talking about the bravery who i did not see perform at werchter nor at pukkelpop. i did not even know they had performed there but i found out on the back of the t shirt of this kid in front of me.

avalon is a cool club but a bizarre rock venue. it's like you would have band perform at the fuse in stead of the AB. the first thing i noticed was that it was not sold out. i asked around why that was because the band is pretty popular here but apparently they had been coming to boston quite often and their show hasn't changed since their last visit before the summer.

another thing is noticed was that the crowd was incredibly young. 16-24. students. after all boston has lots of colleges and universities. i did not really like the atmosphere but hey. it was only 15 bucks. the price of a cd.

the support act came from sweden. international noise conspiracy. they were BORING. that singer had no charisma whatsover and the songs just did not sound right. it's a hyped band though.

the bravery itself were musically great but my god, did that singer sing out of tune. it's incredibly how a band can go on tour and do so many gigs with a singer who can't sing. he is okay as a frontman though. he squeels like robert smith does but looks like morissey. i liked the bass player as well. as with most bass players: they are the definition of cool. some songs were better live than on cd, but too bad the singing was awful.

but it was an okay concert