K8 and I went to a Shins concert last night in Denver with April and Adrian. Thanks to those two for scoring us the tickets AND driving our asses down there. We were expecting a good show, but the Filmore kinda sucks as a venue so expectations are never too high. However, wow! What a surprise… they put on a fantastic show, it was awesome. K8 and I actually saw them about two years prior and the Filmore was maybe 2/3s full. This show was sold out to mostly a younger crowd, I’d say high school kids but I honestly can’t tell any more. Overall, the Shins have matured… the vocals, musicianship, sound stage were well done. You could tell they were having an absolute blast and are still in shell-shock from selling out venues for the first time. As usual I was eye-balling the guitars and in “Turn a Square,” I realized that when I play it, I am way off and missing several chords. They ended the show with “So Says I” which fit just right and made for a great peak to the show…. awesome. Makes me want to go get my guitar out and “try” to sing like that….
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