Bar L'Absynthe, Montreal
October 21st 2009
Apparently, most people don't feel the need to see the same band more than once in a short period. Carpenter played in Montreal earlier this summer at L'Esco, yet I somehow felt the need to attend the show, alone, on a cold and rainy October Wednesday night. My initial plan was to show up right on time for Carpenter and skip the opening bands, but since I was already downtown, I decided to kill time and arrive on time for the opening bands.
I had seen Winslow play before last summer. Twice actually. The first one was at a sweaty skatepark off De L'Église, the second time was at Warped Tour (unless I'm mistaking them for another band, but I think I've got this right). I wasn't particularly impressed with their sets those few times, and I'd even say that I was slightly turned off by their performances and music altogether. Last night was not much different. But I'd replace my feeling of dislike by one of indifference. They were ok, that's it.
The good and the bad: They had a cool stage move at the end. Doesn't change the fact that all their songs sounded alike.
I totally thought The Sober Dawn were another band... I remember meeting some guys in a band last summer through a mutual friend and I'm pretty sure they said their band was called The Sober Dawn. They were kind of screamo if I'm not mistaken, but I don't think that was any of them...Anyways!
They were a great, great surprise. I was definitely not expecting this kind of band: think Hot Water Music, clearly one of their influences. I thoroughly enjoyed their set and also picked up their EP at the merch table. One my new favourite locals! Yay!
The good and the bad: Awesome songwriting, they can all play their instruments well. The bad: it took me this long to find out about them.
Carpenter is now a guaranteed good time for me. Most of their set is off their Law of the Land album, which sort of gave me the feeling of having seen the exact same set not that long ago (oh wait...I did...). The new songs are pretty rocking, especially one with a faster tempo, but still keeping a Carpenter feel to it. One thing for sure: it's always fun singing along with you, Carpenter
The good and the bad: Good energy! I wish I could kick that high without falling flat on my ass! I kind of wished they found a way to play the harmonica parts though!
Bottomline: check out The Sober Dawn and Carpenter if you're not familiar with them yet
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