Track:
The Privilege
Artist:
Parenthetical Girls
Album:
Live at Shea Stadium 12/6/11
146 plays
In keeping with their practice of releasing free recordings of all their shows, the good folks at Shea Stadium have uploaded a full-length recording of the Parenthetical Girls’ headlining set from early last month. I really can’t recommend this recording highly enough—as I’ve mentioned on here in the past, I think the Parenthetical Girls are one of the most underrated indie-pop bands of the last decade and this was without a doubt the best show I’ve seen them play. Announced at the last minute and tucked away in a back-alley warehouse space in Bushwick, Brooklyn, this show was aimed squarely at the die-hards and provided the band an opportunity to indulge their more confrontational side without holding back. The recording quality here is great (the folks at Shea obviously know a thing or two about recording bands live), the setlist is near ideal and the band, coming off of a string of back-to-back east coast dates, is firing on all cylinders. Despite claims of being under the weather, Zac Pennington, especially, was in rare form that night, pivoting between vulnerable, sinister and harrowing with ease while repeatedly running into the crowd to serenade unwitting showgoers. Whether you’re a fan of the band or a Parenthetical Girls neophyte (or maybe especially if you’re a neophyte, since I would argue that this bootleg provides a great overview of the band’s Privilege-era output, their strongest yet), do yourself a favor and give the full show a listen by visiting this Soundcloud page or hitting this Mediafire download link.
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