Wrens Roll Call

[muschi]

yeah fuck it!!

[kcjones119]

life's short and hard like a body building elf

[muschi]

the wrens thread, resurrected from the dead.
 
 ever notice how as over the hill bands [that ought to move on and leave room for new artists] as they get older they all don shades to cover their real age?
 
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 i think bon jersey himself is looking up saying " 'sup ". well isnt that just cool. or maybe his geritol just kicked in, who knows.

[Bags]

Originally posted by muschi:
  the wrens thread, resurrected from the dead.
 
 ever notice how as over the hill bands [that ought to move on and leave room for new artists] as they get older they all don shades to cover their real age?
 
 i think bon jersey himself is looking up saying " 'sup ". well isnt that just cool. or maybe his geritol just kicked in, who knows.

Why is this in the Wrens thread?  If there's an insinuation that the Wrens are one of those bands that should move on to make room, that's about as much bullshit as I've ever read on this board.  "Meadowlands" is a revelation of an album, and their shows are tearing it up.
 
 Of course, this is also probably just muschi trying to stir the pot.  It may seem that I've been stirred, but not really.

[muschi]

well, then the question is do u like your pot stirred?
 
 i put bon joovi on here bc i referred to them when i commented on the The Geese.
 
 "ooooooooo sheeee's a lil runaway!"

[ggw]

Anyone else go this past Saturday?  It was great.  Really great.
 
 Have I mentioned recently that Patrick Foster is my favorite Post reviewer?
 
 Music
 The Wrens, Flying Through a Little Turbulence
 Monday, October 30, 2006; Page C04
 
 At the Black Cat Saturday night, a boisterous crowd cheered the Wrens on to a hard-fought victory: The quartet overcame a messy sound mix and some loose playing with typical passion, rallying themselves -- and their die-hard followers -- to several inspiring peaks.
 
 And there's always their New Jersey indie-rock mystique, in the long tradition of, say, Haledon's the Feelies, who fell apart in 1991 just around the time the Wrens were beginning their career not too far away in Secaucus.
 
 Except for the shaky opening cover of Okkervil River's "It Ends With a Fall" and a meandering encore, the 90-minute set was constructed as a monument to the Wrens' sparkling third album, 2003's "The Meadowlands." With vocals split between bassist Kevin Whelan and guitarist Charles Bissell, every indie rock muscle was tightened for the clanging, anthemic choruses to such songs as "Happy," "Everyone Choose Sides" and "Built In Girls."
 
 The group let the crowd in on the fun, cramming the stage full of people to play percussion on the yearning "Boys, You Won't" and having two piano-playing fans tickle the ivories on "Hopeless." And if harsh treble and occasional shrieks of feedback sent grimaces through the audience, in the end it allowed both the Wrens and their supporters to relish a little more the shout-along that was "Faster Gun"; it hadn't been easy, but they all got where they needed to be.
 
 
 -- Patrick Foster

[Vas Deferens]

Missed it, but I'm glad it was great (had to go to a halloween party in Dupont, ugh).
 
 That review was brief but very good. Maybe the DCist reviewers should take note...their reviews are always long.

[Bags]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Anyone else go this past Saturday?  It was great.  Really great-- Patrick Foster[/i]

Really great.  I just emailed the band to tell them they are magical and their show was blissful.

[terry]

That was my first time seeing the Wrens live in person. I've heard much about them being a great band to see in concert and they didn't dissappointed. I even did something I rarely do at shows - I bought their t-shirt. Here's hoping they can all quit their day jobs and get back down here for another show.

[vassego]

This was my second time seeing them.  I think they're an incredibly under rated band.  While they weren't as tight this time around, or maybe the sound was just off, they still rawk the stage like not many other bands.  And being on stage for "This Boy Is Exhausted" was a treat!

[terry]

I don't suppose anyone has a setlist. I only know the songs from The Meadowlands and I thoroughly enjoyed the non-Meadowland tunes. I need titles.

[Reod Dai]

I rather regret not going, but I was at a family get-together that ran long, and I like my family.  I saw them last year (the show this thread was originally about), so I was a bit confused when I first started reading it, until I checked the dates.  That was a good show.
 
 Over a year late, but I should say I quite liked Andy Zipf.  Picked up his EP and talked to him for a bit, seemed like a really nice guy.  I asked him about the shirt he was wearing and where in BLAZES I could get one, but he couldn't give me much info of use (and I've had no luck searching).  It had an outline of Pennsylvania on it and said, "Pennsylvania Is For Heartbreak" (you guessed it, I'm Pennsylvanian).

[dfmcpete]

I don't have a setlist, and it was mostly Meadowlands, but I remember a few non-Meadowlands tunes:
 
 Built-in Girls
 I've Made Enough Friends
 I Guess We're Done
 
 Actually, I'm not certain they played I Guess We're Done, but they definitely played the others.

[terry]

Originally posted by dfmcpete:
  I don't have a setlist, and it was mostly Meadowlands, but I remember a few non-Meadowlands tunes:
 

Thanks. I was trying to recall the Meadowlands songs they DIDN'T play. I don't recall them playing "She Sends Kisses" or "3 Years in 6 Minutes". I'm a little shocked at that, so maybe they did and I just don't remember? I think I would remember if they played those songs though...

[amnesiac]

I would have loved to have heard the Okkervil River cover. Not sure when, but they'll be releasing that on 7" with Okkervil covering "Ex-Girl Collection." Saw them do it at IOTA last year, and it was great.