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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Seattle-based Sub Pop signees Grand Archives are in the final week of North American tour that took them across the northern U.S. and into Canada before hitting Boston a couple weeks back. The show previous saw them in my hometown of Burlington, Vermont, making the most of a very tiny audience at Higher Ground (such is the risk of weeknight shows in college towns), so I, and they, didn't know what to expect from a Wednesday night at Allston's Great Scott. Happily, a plentiful and welcoming crowd filled the place, and infectious openers You Can Be A Wesley even got some of 'em in a dancing mood. I could tell that YCBAW brought lots of friends along, and it speaks loudly of them that they not only all hung around, but appeared to love every minute of the headliners' set. I'll admit that I hadn't spent much time with Grand Archives self-titled, February-released debut (aside from picking a couple stand-out tracks for my last River Gods DJ set), but if I had, my presence at the show wouldn't have been in question. To say I'm glad I made it out is an understatement, as their layered, laid back, harmony-fueled set of pop-rock will probably end up on my year-end best-of-shows list. And I'm not alone... I've talked to more than a couple people since who say the same, and the smiles and gratitude from the stage makes me think it might end up on the band's own list as well. The only real bummer of the evening was the absence of tourmate (and labelmate) Sera Cahoone and her band, who had to cancel when Sera came down with a nasty case of laryngitis the day before. Fortunately for NYC, she rested up after skipping Boston and Philly and was able to play down there a few days later. For the uninitiated, Sera and Grand Archives frontman Mat Brooke were bandmates in Carissa's Weird with Ben Bridwell, and all three went on to start Band of Horses (Sera drummed and Mat played guitar on BoH's debut disc). Sera moved on to her solo project as Mat started up Grand Archives, and the whole fam damily wound up on Sub Pop. Got it? Good. Here's the full Grand Archives Great Scott set, shared with Mat Brooke's blessing, which includes a couple fun covers and new songs, too. Enjoy...  Grand Archives Live at Great Scott in Allston, MA on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 01. Miniature Birds 02. Orange Juice 03. Index Moon 04. Crazy Grave (new) 05. Swan Matches 06. A Setting Sun 07. Sleepdriving 08. Torn Blue Foam Couch 09. Liberty Bell (new) 10. Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke cover) 11. George Kaminski 12. The Crime Window 13. Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot cover) 14. Southern Glass Home  Some Grand Archives links...
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 neil halstead live in cambridge, ma on november 14th, 2008 previously: joy formidable - boston 2011 recent posts on the 'nac...
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