Passion Pit @ In the Venue

Passion Pit
04.08.10
In the Venue
With Mayer Hawthorn and The County, Bare Hands

When I arrived at In The Venue I was not expecting to see a giant line around the block reaching towards Mechanized. The guys, decked out in ironically funny vintage t-shirts they had carefully selected from a thrift store, overly tight pants and loafers, battled for scenester status with the ladies, sporting undone hair and some kind of leggings or stretch pants, thrifted shirts and grandma shoes. I figured hipsters like this had become more miniscule after the siege of indie rock had calmed, but I was so wrong. The doors opened up and the horde of anxious fans started to jam into the venue. I took a spot inside the bar area where it wasn't as packed, front and center and hovering above the stage. The stage itself looked completely packed with layers of instruments everywhere—I counted 11 keyboards out in the open at the beginning. I learned the opening band did not need much space to move since they didn't move much at all throughout their set.

After about a hour of waiting for sound checks and instrument adjustments, Brooklyn indie rock band Bare Hands finally started their set with a slow, eerie-yet-calming ballad. I enjoyed it. It was soothing to me as the smell of Tom’s Natural deodorant began wearing off of the crowd below. As their opening song ended the crowd seemed restless to get rowdy, so Bare Hands gave them that little extra they were looking for. The rest of their set was full of half-energetic and kinda-dancey tunes. The band sounded like a cross between The Cars and Modest Mouse, but looked like a new-age metal band, rocking cut up metal shirts and tight black pants. I wasn't expecting the goofy indie sound that came outta them. They received a very decent roar from the crowd as they ended their set and started to deconstruct their part of the stage clutter.

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Posted on April 15, 2010 by Madison Tease

Do you recall how there was a 45 minute wait between Hawthorne and P.P.? That was quite entertaining in itself. Trying to control the crowd, one of the massive security guards in the front decided to use the great 'wet you with a water bottle' theory via Aquafina. This also in the process drenched Passion Pit's equipment on Stage Left. Did you notice this? A man a third of his size setting up for the next set noticed. It was extremely comical as little angry man was much like an Oompa Loompa who had just seen you dropping the Cosby Kids off at his chocolate waterfall. Mua ha ha. Anyways... Just a great show all around.

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