Whenever there’s a music festival in town, it seems like the whole city is just concert infested the entire weekend. So even though I wasn’t intending on participating in any North Coast Music Festival activities, I ended up acquiring tickets to see a North Coast pre-party - Chet Faker. When my roommate, Connor, told me he had tickets for us, I was amped to go. I had just discovered his music in the late spring. In anticipation of the show, I played the entire Built on Glass album straight through (probably twice). It’s one of those albums that’s best listened to in its entirety, in order. The chill, percussion-heavy beats create the best loungin’ ambiance.
We only really came to see Chet Faker, so we missed the two openers (Mount Kimbie and Fujiya & Miyaji). We got a pretty good spot - center, about 10 rows back. I didn’t realize it’d be a solo performance - just him and his keyboard. He mainly played tracks off of Built on Glass, with a few other songs mixed in between. Generally I thought the show was just ok - I don’t think the Concord was the right choice of venue. The problem was that the music didn’t sound as good/loud as it should have been. I felt like I wanted to actually feel the bass, because the beat would have been what drove the show. His vocals weren’t as good live as I expected them to be, either.
All in all, I’m glad I went because his newest album is really, really good. But the performance and overall sound could have been a couple of notches up.
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