Former rock nyc writer Mary Anne -she wrote the Nashville Fest review in 2009, is as much a die hard Bright Eyes fan as I am.
But the radio City Music Hall gig was a disappointment to both of us. I passed on his Williamsburg Waterfront gig. The next day Mary Anne called up raving but I still wondered.
Here is the setlist taken off Brooklynvgan… check out the first song of the encore and wonder no more…
Four Winds
Bowl of Oranges
Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)
Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
Jejune Stars
Lover I Don't Have to Love
Shell Games
Approximate Sunlight
Landlocked Blues
Hot Knives
Another Travelin' Song
Cartoon Blues
Wrecking Ball (Gillian Welch cover)
Arienette
Arc of Time (Time Code)
I Believe In Symmetry
The Calendar Hung Itself…
Ladder Song
Encore:
Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)
Road to Joy
One For You, One For Me