[mu-sic] - (noun) 1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions.
[mat-ter] - (noun) 1. substance of which all physical objects consist and comprise.
Tomorrow is one of the those rare and wonderful days where a handful of new records are coming out that really get your ears excited. So trek down to your local record store and pick up a few of these exciting new records! You know it's better than buying them on iTunes.
...but if you still want music online I guess that's okay, click on the album cover and it'll take you there.
Standing in Terminal 5 in New York City creates a buzz all its own: two balconies, roof access and 6+ bars create a grandiose atmosphere for a show like this. Adding to the fact, I'm waiting to see Sunny Day Real Estate, a live show I've been waiting for for about 10 years, the anticipation was contagious throughout the crowd.
As soon as they took the stage I knew I was not going to be let down. They started the set with four of their classics from Diary and LP2: Friday, Seven, Shadows & Song About an Angel. It was quite possibly the best ten minutes of my month.
The band was tight, William Goldsmith was an animal, Jeremy Enigk's voice was spot on (possibly even better sounding than on the records). The instrumentation was perfect, crisp, and ballsy. It was clear that the band was not doing this reunion tour out of anything but their own love for the music. No record label was breathing down their necks to do this.
I felt like they were having as much fun as all of us down on the floor.
The set-list was almost all from LP2 and Diary with additions of "Guitar & Video Games" from How It Feels To Be Something On, a newly written song for the tour, and "Spade And Parade", an old track from an early 7" that was re-released on the newly remastered reissue of LP2.
The addition of a newly written song makes me hopeful that the band may end up recording a new album. When the band reunited after LP2, they set out to write a few songs for archival purposes for Sub Pop and ended up writing How It Feels To Be Something On. Maybe it'll happen again!
-JL
Set-List Sunny Day Real Estate 9.27.09 @ Terminal 5 (New York, NY)
1. Friday (LP2)
2. Seven (Diary)
3. Shadows (Diary)
4. Song About An Angel (Diary)
5. Grendel (Diary)
6. Guitar & Video Games (How It Feels...)
7. Iscarabaid (LP2)
8. Theo B (LP2)
9. **New Song**
10. 47 (Diary)
11. J'Nuh (LP2)
12. Sometimes (Diary)
**ENCORE**
13. In Circles (Diary)
14. Spade & Parade (LP2 Reissue)
15. 48 (Diary)
