The first real sign of the coming autumn weather reared its head at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday night for a stellar performance by Death Cab for Cutie and Explosions in the Sky.
While audience members sported hoodies and bundled up in blankets on the lawn, post-rock band and Austinites, Explosions in the Sky warmed them up with what would be a great start to an incredible evening of songs.
When Death Cab took the stage around 9PM , the crowd’s anticipation level was at an all time high. The band opened their set with “No Room in Frame,” a track from their new album, Kintsugi, released in March of this year. Performing in perfect form, Death Cab sounded as razor sharp as I’ve ever heard them live—the band’s signature sound and the crisp vocal tone of Ben Gibbard spot on, minus any degree of variance from their recordings.
Their setlist included: “Photo Booth,” “The Ghost of Beverly Drive,” “Picture in an Exhibition,” “You Are a Tourist,” and “You’ve Haunted Me All My Life.” For their encore they performed “I Will Follow You Into The Dark,” “A Movie Script Ending” and “Trasatlanticism.” Death Cab’s current US tour will feature stops throughout the States before the band heads to Europe in November.
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
