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Last time I went to see Death Cab For Cutie I was worried that I would get bored standing up during the gig – since I expected a very slow and low energetic gig. That time they took me by storm and totally surprised me with a very entertaining… rock act (almost).

This time they didn’t surprise me (since I knew) – but they sure as hell, again – entertained me.

Back in may I wrote about seeing The Shins. I put The Shines and DCFC under the same label and genre. And that’s might just be why I didn’t like the The Shins gig that much – I expected more. DCFC makes The Shines look even worse. Maybe it’s a bit hard comparing them… but I do.

The sound was loud. I even put on my brilliant earplugs. Which turned the volume down to a more ‘friendly’ volume. Don’t know it it’s always this loud in Brixston Academy.
Now, I’m not the kind of guy who complains over the volume of a gig; this is not a complain – this is an observation. The sound was good. But loud.

The audience was young. The highlight was when the three girls that stood in front of me started jumping, purely on the initiative of the guy’s in front of them. The reaction was like; Oh they jump. Let’s fit in and jump a bit as well (seems to be what you should do).
Now, I’m not the kind of guy who complains over the age of the audience; this is not a complain – this is an observation. They did great and melted in perfectly with the rest of the audience.

There aren’t many moments the singer in DCFC, Ben Gibbard, stands still and just behave ‘emotional’ or… can I say lazy? Even during the slowest songs he bounce along to the rhythm and pulse – moving along to his creation – loving it. They deliver the songs the way I believe songs should be delivered and performed live – not too perfect and with that little edge of personality and causality to it… can I say alive?
The rest of the band, especially the bass player – Nicholas Harmer – also gives their best – rocking along and just feeling it during the entire concert – feeding the ‘aliveness’.

Death Cab For Cutie have some really amazing songs and albums. Seeing them live adds even more value to their work. So if you get have a change to see them – go.
It will be great.
I promise.