Fall of Troy @ The Masquerade - 05-09-08
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The last two times I've gone to see Fall of Troy, I've caught the last song and a half of their set and it really made me sad. This time that was not the case.
We arrived at the Masquerade while The Dear Hunter was playing. These guys, to me, sounded like a watered down version of Fall of Troy. I say this because occasionally, when they would go into a jam, there was a very FoT feel to what they were playing, but without the same level of intensity. We saw about 20 minutes of their set and it sounded like they were playing the same song the entire time, not very much movement in tempo, some rising and falling of volume, nothing to really grab my attention and not let go. These guys were very tight though and the whole band had their act together. The vocalist had a great voice and hit his notes with ease. They ended and we scooted up towards the front.
Fall of Troy came on, did a sound check, then destroyed us. I couldn't believe it, I was actually there for the start and was going to see the whole show! I threw my camera up in the air to catch the beginning of the set. Apparently I was standing right in the middle of what became the pit and the camera shut itself off, but I have about 50 seconds of complete awesomeness happening.
Like Radiohead the evening before, Fall of Troy hit us up with music from all their albums. I was really happy to hear some old jams from their self titled release, and definitely from Doppelgänger. This crowd was really intense, constantly moving, people jumping off anything they could climb, climbing on stage and diving, Eric diving, security guards getting the big finger for trying to stop it. They even stated this show was on par with Baltimore for the most awesomeness on their tour to date. I took a step back from the front for a while to catch at least one full song on video, then pushed back up for the last two songs. My whole crew was soaked from head to toe and looked like we had just came from running a marathon ready for rest.
Both bands executed and the whole night was a blast. I was pretty sore the next day so I know I had a good time fighting to stay standing and getting kicked in the head from balcony jumpers, and I can't wait to see them again!
- Bret Phillips
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posted by Conqueror @ 12:54 AM,
1 Comments:
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At August 23, 2008 10:06 AM,
trtguitar said...
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Dude, if you knew anything about The Dear Hunter before you wrote this review, you'd know that their CDs tie together to tell a story. Several of their songs flow together seemlessly without breaks or pauses which makes it seem like one song is 15-20 minutes long. The Dear Hunter pulls off their music pretty much flawlessly and almost identical to how their CD sounds when they play live, which is pretty impressive... and as far as them "sounding like a watered down Fall of Troy", you must have never checked them out before. They really don't sound like TFOT at all, unless of course you are referring to the fact that both bands have progressive qualities and have talented musicians... but thats how all bands should be, really.
