Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, The Builders & The Butchers @ the San Diego HOB 10/20/09
The Setlist (in order):
1. You Won't Know
2. Degausser
3. Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't
4. Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
5. Jaws Theme Swimming
6. The No Seatbelt Song
7. Vices
8. Gasoline
9. Sowing Season
10. You Stole
11. In A Jar
12. The Archer's Bows Have Broken
13. Jesus
14. Bought A Bride
15. Sink
16. At The Bottom
17. Play Crack The Sky
I love downtown San Diego. I also love the House of Blues. The show here was insane! I was really impressed with brand new's lighting and their little videos they showed during songs that were off Daisy. They put a lot of detail into their show. Security was annoying but eventually they gave up trying to stop people from taking pictures. Of course, I only had my blackberry so the pictures are not that great, but pictures non the less. I will say that I have never been more uncomfortable in a crowd in my life. I was behind these two really big lesbians ( I have nothing against big people or lesbians) but they were very tall and I am very short. I was trying to see past them but I guess they thought I was looking at them so they decided to put on a show of their own. It got so bad that I almost left. But luckily they could not handle the crowd during brand new and they bailed. There were a lot of people crowd surfing. At one point of these girls grabbed a crowd surfer by the legs and pulled him/her down. It was insane she followed that by slapping them in the face and yelling "what's wrong with you?!" I didn't have anything to hold onto since I was in the 2nd row of people so I had to fall into them. At one point one of the girls grabbed my arms and put them around her girlfriend and told me to push back and protect her. Only she didn't notice I guess that I was like 2 inches shorter about 60 lbs lighter and I just could not help her. I tried. But they could not take it and they left. Good for Raquel and I 'cause we got all the way to the barricade and we could see. Again we were greeted with the band's recognizing smiles. And all was relatively well until I got kicked in the face by a crowd surfer. Honestly, it didn't hurt a bit, I figure that was so because my adrenaline was so high up. But my face bruised. The first time I ever got a significant bruise at a show. I do not regret it. The show was incredible. One of the best brand new shows I have ever been to, including the last show at the palladium. I would do it over again. I cannot get over how great Daisy plays live. It's amazing. Also, I found it incredibly cute when Jesse's little brother came out. Jesse wanted him to sing the last part of play crack the sky by himself and he nodded "no" he seemed so shy so Jesse, his brother, and Vinnie finished it off. It was amazing.
my eye got blacker as the days went by haha.