Live: Grizzly Bear & Beach House (The Roundhouse, 13/03/2010)
Grizzly Bear are one of the hottest touring bands right now so when they announced a tour with support from the much hyped Beach House it was always going to be a much talked about gig. The Roundhouse is a fitting venue for two incredible live acts, and the venue and sound did not let down the bands playing it.
Beach House as the support band (who could have easily headlined themselves) played a set that can only be described as short but sweet. The Maryland band played a set of songs mainly from the new critically acclaimed album ‘Teen Dream’. Running through such hits as ‘Zebra’, ‘Norway’, ‘Used To Be’, ‘Take Care’ and more. Beach House are definitely a band worth checking out in 2010 as they set to hit the big time with the new album and their live show did not disappoint.
Onto tonight’s headliners Grizzly Bear who have been mesmerising crowds not just up and down this country but the whole world. The New Yorkers began the set with the opening track, ‘Southern Point’ from the new album ‘Veckatimest’, always a crowd pleaser it went down incredibly well.
They ran off such hits like ‘Lullabye’, ‘Ready, Able’, ‘Cheerleader’, ‘Knife’ and the biggest cheer of the night went to ‘Two Weeks’ in which they were joined by Victoria Legrand from Beach House. Seemingly finishing the set with the beautiful ‘On a Neck, On a Spit’ the band went off to great applause. They would return for a wonderful rendition of ‘All We Ask’ and then left the stage for good.
Every song mentioned above was pretty special to see, however some of the songs not mentioned did not carry themselves very well live. Many of the songs from the new album struggled to work live and some of the older material from ‘Yellow House’ felt laboured. Despite this criticism it was worth the 20 pounds entry fee to see the songs mentioned and the wonderful Beach House.
Beach House - Used To Be (Download via Mediafire)
Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader (Download via Mediafire)
