The South Carolina transplants brought their amazing brand of western-ghost town indie rock to the delight of music and bad art fans alike at Hiro Ballroom Tuesday night. After a hilarious, raucous comedic performance -which was pretty much selling bad art - by fellow Carolinian Zach Galifianakis, Ben Bridwell and co. took to the stage to deliver a full set, including teasers from their presently untitled upcoming Fall release. And now that BOH have more than 1 album, they were able to go outside their standard '8-songs from EATT and 2 covers' formula. They actually threw down 14 heart-felt tunes this time around.
They weren't lying about the southeastern tag that's been applied to their new songs, as many tunes reminded of Willie Nelson meets My Morning Jacket meets Midlake. Here's hoping the polished album tracks have a little more of that Northwestern flavor that made their debut so incredible. Having said this, the opener was a newbie and sounded great -and another had a range of Def Leopard like proportions in part of it's chorus and proved to be one of the more enjoyable moments of the show. They seamlessly shifted into "The Great Salt Lake" for their second song. Always a great one live. "Funeral" seemed to be more fluid and clean live than in times past and ended being one of my favorites of the night, along with "Weed Party" and "Our Swords", the latter being the first song of their encore -the finale being a stirring cover of Midlake's "Bandits." The BOH cast has been a revolving door for the past year, but it seems as if they have found the right chemistry. Though not as memorable as the first time I saw them at Bowery, this was a more professional and polished performance than past shows. Now, if they can just get Mat Brooke back....we'd have half of a Carrisa's Wierd reunion again!
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