What an amazing show! The opener, Canon Blue, was even good enough that I bought an album. They were very energetic, but I wish they weren't so cramped by the instruments on stage.
The initial stage setup on Friday
I guess St. Andrews set up the stage for both bands at the beginning, but it meant Canon Blue didn't get a lot of room to move around. Which is really unfortunate, because it seemed like they would have been a lot more fun to watch if they had some more space.
They did make good use of the lights during their set. And they had some, in the words of Robby, "killer maracas." I noticed that they used a pre-recorded bass track, which was somewhat disappointing, but everyone was playing an instrument so I guess there's not much they could have done about that.
Canon Blue performing during the Odd Soul tour
Another picture of Canon Blue...this one without blue light washing it out
MuteMath was great as always. They managed to top themselves again. They entered by walking through the crowd with this awesome light thing. I'm not sure what it's called...or if it's called....
They made great use of the projector, too. I have various photos of crazy things they put up on it. They even used it as a live camera at various points during their set!
MuteMath is great because every one of their members is a very talented multi-instrumentalist. At one point, the bassist was playing a guitar with a bow. The singer was also pretty classy with his oxford shirt and tie. In which he did handstands on his piano and climbed up on top of his piano to jump off. The guitarist also managed to climb up there and jump off...without missing a beat...at one point.
MuteMath has so much energy! They played a 2+ hour long set! And it wasn't that they took lots of breaks for talking and stuff; they were playing and dancing through the whole thing. In fact, the singer came out on some sort of box to sing in the crowd at one point. Later he decided he wanted to crowd surf on an air mattress covered in lights. And then later, the drummer came out on the box to do a solo.
The encore may have been the best part of the set. The singer brought out his crazy axesynth and let the crowd play with it for a bit. Later, he just hopped off the stage and walked around a bit. During which, the canvas showed a bunch of folding panels that looked really cool.
I was actually really surprised and somewhat disappointed that they didn't play "Typical" before their encore, because I assumed the encore was just going to be "Reset." But they closed out the set with "Typical" and everyone sang along, and it was great.
MuteMath is definitely a band you have to go see before you die. Add it to your bucket list. DO IT NOW!
Also, I took SO MANY PICTURES during this show. View all of them here.
MuteMath performing during the Odd Soul Tour
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