During the middle of their set, Cymbal Eat Guitar’s bass player, Matt Whipple, faced the audience and comically said, “if you look in the dictionary for “hard act to follow” there will be a picture of Jon’s (lead singer of Bear in Heaven) mustache;” these words perfectly summed-upped how both Mike and I felt about the whole show in the Music Hall of Williamsburg last Friday night. Mike and I were both big fans of Cymbals Eat Guitar’s 2009 debut record Why There Are Mountain, so we both highly anticipated a good show, and the fact that Bear in Heaven was going on before them was just an added bonus. I liked Bear in Heaven’s 2009 release Beast Rest Forth Mouth, but I never really gave it that much time. Mike had never really heard much of Bear in Heaven before Friday’s show so we were looking forward to see what they would bring to the stage. Right before Bear in Heaven were scheduled to go on Mike and I were pretty happy with the show to that point, besides the child that was being conceived next to us. We would have been perfectly happy with just some lackluster performance by Bear in Heaven because we assumed Cymbals would have been good, however what came to the stage was completely different. Mike described Bear in Heaven’s performance as “hypnotizing.” It was simply brilliant. The vibe of the audience, the sounds, and the lighting were amazing. What they put together live was something that is just a must see. One of the best performances I have seen in a while. Cymbals Eat Guitars, however, was a bit disappointing. They are great to see if you want to hear the best songs on the record (i.e. “Cold Spring,” and “Wild Phoenix”), but besides that it was really not impressive at all. The solos were predictable and the lead singer, Joseph D'Agostino, seemed totally pissed the whole time.
The song I have posted has been stuck in my head for days now and it was easily one of the best songs from last year. The song is called, “Lovesick Teenagers” off of Beast Rest Forth Mouth. Enjoy!
- Greg
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