Last night I witnessed the best rock show I have ever seen in all my time down here in North Carolina. Four plus years and The Love Language last night at The Satellite in downtown Wilmington, NC rocked the hardest, ( OK I’m not including the Pretty Lights show from last fall, but that was a totally different kind of rockin, which was SOOO hard).
The Love Language, very real indie rock band out of Raleigh, played a show the night before at The Soap Box, one of the premiere music venues in Wilmington,(and venue of choice for 4TheLove Fest Wilmington, coming in Oct.) completely sold out and had the entire crowd wanting so much more, that they played again last night at Satellite for free! Just passing around a plastic jar for band tips.
Their drummer, Jordan McLamb, rocked so hard, and did a good job of assisting vocally. I was once told that the greatness of a band is dependent on the awesomeness of their drummer, if that hold true, these guys are destined for utter glory.
I was not only surprised by what i heard, but very very impressed. These guys are awesome. Great song writers and lead guitarist/vocalist was superb, and by our after set convo, can tell they were really into this set, almost like none ever before it. Again they can really write a song which all in attendance could connect to, this is what Jon Kirby of Wax Poetics had to say about their songs,
“In terms of music, we download it, we burn it, but we rarely really listen to it. Perhaps I’m being selfish, but I listen to the Love Language because they write music I wish I’d written. I often picture myself playing these songs for some awkwardly shy, yet strikingly beautiful French girl on a jetty in Quebec, romantically duping her with my plagiarized sentiments. …As you strum, you begin wishing that these poetically mundane moments were parts of your own past, until you realize that they are. That’s what the Love Language is to me: The modest declaration of the universal obvious. Songs written about apartments you’ve lived in and rotary phones that you’ve hung up. Although McLamb’s arrangements are typically overcast, each song reminds you of the towering trees that relish each falling drop. That there are winners and losers, but sometime tragedy makes the most beautiful story. After all, no one would remember the Titanic had it not sunk. That is the Love Language- the celebration of the sinking ship. Bon Voyage.”
It was good to see some friendly faces here at this show, this being the first live music i have seen since my journey back down south. You see, un-like NY where there are 20+ places to catch some rad live music per night, here in Wilmington, NC I get about 1 opportunity per week to witness some unheard greatness, tonight was my night. And i was lucky enough to catch Trevor Brown, founder of Mix Grotto, a Wilmington based music group, which brings together local artists in an attempt to raise money for local charities and other causes, a really great thing if you ask me. He has done some really epic work for the new music scene that has been sweeping the area.
My good friend, Stef Jones, told me after their set, “It was a great show. I felt like I was getting a private concert. The energy was awesome and everyone was into it.”
I couldn’t agree more.
These guys have done their fair share of touring, been through NYC and around the US. After beading out west, they are do back to NYC at the Bowery Ballroom on October 13th, I would recommend check them out.
More info and some songs are avail at their myspace http://www.myspace.com/thelovelanguage#ixzz0y4EJdmN3.
I would recomened “Heart to Tell” and “Sparxxxxx.”
I’m baaaacckkk