The Joy Formidable At The Firebird, 9/21/11: Review and Setlist

By Diana Benanti on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:03 pm

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The Crowd: Under 21, over 37. This was weird.

Personal Bias: I'm a sucker for anything that passes for histrionics or aims for the same stratosphere as MBV, so JF gets me. US Royalty is proof that you can have all the hallmarks of a great band and never be a great band.

Setlist A Heavy Abacus The Magnifying Glass Austere Ostrich The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade Cradle Buoy Whirring

Encore: I Don't Want To See You Like This The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie