Luckily I made it just in the knick-of-time to see the entire MuteMath set...but too late to be able to get a spot where I could actually SEE them (again). I am so proud that these guys sold out the show. There was a very different crowd for this tour compared to May this year...I could tell mostly by the songs that the audience went nuts for. If you knew MM in the early days, Chaos is the song that probably got you hooked. Or a little while later, you probably discovered Plan B somewhere (likely the free download on iTunes a year ago like I did). Or what I think did it for most of the folks attending tonight was their recent single Typical...which has a badass video in reverse (below). Not like it matters, a fan is a fan, but that was just an observation I had.
Not many bands can get me to rock out when I'm there by myself and without a beer in my hand, but of course the energy of this show is contagious. It was very very similar to their previous tour, so I was only surprised when they played 2 new songs -- during which i texted DanaR "I likey". Had I never seen them live before, I would've been totally blown away...i think it was a better show than what I saw earlier this year, but I just am a bit jaded at this point after the identical performances on late night shows and their Live DVD. I even told Sembs "this is Break the Same, Paul's going to do handstands on his keyboard in a few seconds" and 15 seconds later, he did just as I said.
I was amidst the audience of taller-than-me people while I was by myself, but once Chris, Sembs and Jason arrived, we actually moved to the wall next to the bathrooms...you get almost a "backstage" view of the stage from there. If only the Event Staff guy could've moved, I would have had the best view ever, just a stone's throw away! You can see his ass and burly shoulders blocking my shot below.
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