After hearing the buzz last year at SXSW and then seeing them open for Snow Patrol in April, I have loved the sound of WMMF. I downloaded some songs, and then I realized they were already on my iPod!! Even better. Since their ACL performance aired in November, I have literally been listening to their first/only album in my car on heavy rotation. The first song to get me hooked was "Mercy, Me", but unfortunately they didn't play it Saturday (or it was their first song and I missed it since we got there a bit late). Thats ok though. They still played my other favorite songs "Short on Shields" and "Idecide". As soon as I heard the intro to "Hellodrama!" I ran over to my dad since that is his favorite song of theirs (yeah, thats right, my dad likes cool music too. Although he calls it "the Sharlina song".) I think, Drew, the keyboard player, noticed I was singing along because I caught him making a funny smirk at me. I'll take it! They played a great show and I was proud to introduce their music to my friends and f amily. At the end of the night I talked to John (bassist) and Michael (lead singer). After Jason told Michael that I am HN's barometer for whats good/bad, he said they might call on the "Meg-ometer" for my honest opinions. Hell yeah!!
I am so proud of my boys for the show they put on that night. They said they were nervous but they kicked ass. First show in a while proved to be worth the wait. A little bit of old stuff - great. A little mix with new stuff - AWESOME! Of their new songs, I really like "Latest Success", "Anytime, Mrs. K" and "All to Myself". CD release should be in April they think. Of course, I will be there with bells on. But, poor Chris had technical problems with his microphone -- it just kept swinging around all over the place. It even hit Jason in the arm at one point! Luckily some folks in the front kept getting up and trying to fix it for him and he recovered gracefully. But even with those difficulties, they sounded amazing. And I must say, they are pretty good at the banter inbetween songs.
"GO AARP! OSTEOPOROSIS and TEQUILA SHOTS! Yeah, that's right, I'm talking about my mom." - CJ
"USE YOUR TEETH" - Chris to Jenny
To close out the show, they brought up the WMMF members for a song "they just wrote last week". Nice try. But for never having rehearsed it (and John improvising the bass line) they did a great job playing John Lennon's "Instant Karma". The audience was singing and dancing along. A great way to end the night.
Kway and I went to the after party at Jenny's house -- just to get slobbered and sweated on by CJ. Elaine said "yeah, its kind of embarassing, but still pretty funny". Nice.
All in all, it was totally worth the trip to Houston. I'd do it again if I had the chance.
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