O’Death @ The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 4-15-11
In last week’s show review, I mentioned this perfect storm kind of thing leading up to The Builders and the Butchers performance. Well, Friday there kind of the antithesis of that; it was cold, I wasn’t that impressed by the opening bands, and the Blackhawks were getting beaten every time I checked. Nonetheless O’Death put on a very good show, and I had a great time anyway.
They opened with Head Home and a few other classics before going into some stuff off of the upcoming album, Outside (which is very good, and I hope to get a full review up tomorrow). The new tunes sound really good live, and they probably played most of it (at least more than half).
I would say that Alamar, Down to Rest, and Ghost Head were the highlights of the night. The setlist was a good mix of the two recent albums with some of Head Home sprinkled in. The band played tight, and the mix sounded good. All in all it was a great show. They closed with a song off of Head Home, but I can’t for the life of me remember which one. Sorry.
