Fine, question away. But I will defend Death Cab until my dying day, or at least until they make a crappy album. And I'll continue to stare down arrogant drunk guys who make boos and cat calls and scream “Ween is better” (then why don't you just go watch them then?)
Anyways, for all that, I think I can still say with some sort of distanced, bias-free opinion (really and truly) that Death Cab for Cutie fully lived up to the honored position of a Lollapalooza closing act.
Seriously.
Given the band's more mellow nature, I was expecting a laid-back show that would simply showcase their newest albums, and maybe throw in a few older hits as well. The surprise of the evening came upon learning the Death Cab for Cutie can, well, rock.
Shocked? Me too. You would have to see it to believe it, but Death Cab played rocked out versions of many of their songs, playing up crowd involvement and even launching into a fifteen-minute power guitar-and drum riff that kept the crowd screaming (thirteen-year-old girls and all).
The show did slow down for an encore though, in which Dead Cab played their possibly most successful radio hit to date, “I Will Follow You Into The Dark,” and then were joined onstage by another great Lollapalooza act, the Stars.
It was the kind of show that stays with a person long after it has ended, reverberating through the chest cavity and dancing through Death Cab-inspired dreams. It was the perfect closing act to a perfect Lollapalooza first day, and the soundtrack of the show followed me home through the dark Chicago streets, with the city skyline and the activity of the day behind me.
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