switchfoot concert

Yesterday afternoon, around 4:30pm, Carl Wright got ahold of me to see if I would be interested in purchasing two extra tickets from the youth group to see Switchfoot last night downtown at HOB. I called up Heidi, talked her out of studying, and we attended. Some random guitarist named Tony Careilini or something opened, then a local band, Augustana, that had been touring with Switchfoot, then Eisley. Heidi and I agreed that Augustana opened with their worst song, the rest were quite melodic and very Counting Crows-esque. Eisley is whimsical, carnival sounding, music with 2 girl singers (sisters) and 4 other back-up musicians. Switchfoot got on stage about 10:00pm, ended around midnight. They were really good live. Suprisingly so. I hadn't heard any of the new album, but they played enough from their old albums that it was a good mix for my taste.



(Heidi loves Switchfoot)

Highlights: the drunk mom telling me I look like Orlando Bloom, Switchfoot singing "24", and running in to a random girl that was standing by us that will be going with Invisible Children to Uganda in December. Of course this made Heidi want to go back, too.