One of my favorite songwriters/musicians/performers played in Orlando last night. I've seen David Bazan perform with his former band, Pedro The Lion, acoustic solo, electric solo (opening for Spoon), with his electronic-influenced band Headphones, and with his new backing band as a solo act.
He's one who likes to vary melodies and do slight variations on arrangements from time to time. But for the re-release of the Pedro The Lion vinyls (remastered), he decided to launch a tour where he'd play through one entire album, Control. Why that album? He's also known for taking questions during shows, and he answered this one for us: that was the only album he could stand playing all the songs off of.
One of his main "turns" (and a talking point in interviews / press releases) is Bazan's fallout from hardcore Christianity into agnosticism. He's open with it, he wrote an entire album about it, and he dismisses earlier songs he'd written for being closeminded and dogmatic.
Anyway, here's what they played last night.
And for a close-up look at the gear used on this tour, someone at a different show posted this: http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/36756273233/david-bazan-11-25-12
He's one who likes to vary melodies and do slight variations on arrangements from time to time. But for the re-release of the Pedro The Lion vinyls (remastered), he decided to launch a tour where he'd play through one entire album, Control. Why that album? He's also known for taking questions during shows, and he answered this one for us: that was the only album he could stand playing all the songs off of.
One of his main "turns" (and a talking point in interviews / press releases) is Bazan's fallout from hardcore Christianity into agnosticism. He's open with it, he wrote an entire album about it, and he dismisses earlier songs he'd written for being closeminded and dogmatic.
Anyway, here's what they played last night.
FIRST HALF OF Control
Options
Rapture
Penetration
Indian Summer
Progress
OTHER SONGS
Gas and Matches
Cold Beer and Cigarettes
Foregone Conclusions
People
How I Remember
Eating Paper
When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run
SECOND HALF OF Control
Magazine
Rehearsal
Second Best
Priests And Paramedics
Rejoice
And for a close-up look at the gear used on this tour, someone at a different show posted this: http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/36756273233/david-bazan-11-25-12
