Feist played a Harlem Crypt
October 5th, 2011 by chocko
On the eve of the record release of her new album, “Metals”, Feist played in a crypt at the the Church of the Intercession on W. 155th St. in Harlem, NYC. It was an adventure getting the tickets, a record store in Brooklyn, Sound Fix had 100 tickets for the first people that pre-bought the new album. We luckily grabbed the last two tickets the store had and drove to Harlem and found parking right next to a cemetery. The small crowd of about 100 people were led into the creepy, dark, basement of the church where Feist played nearly an hour and a half of mostly new music along with a band which included a fellow Broken Social Scene member-Charles Spearin, an orchestra and backup singers-Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath, aka the folk trio Mountain Man. The performance was filmed by Mason Jar Music and hopefully we see some footage soon.
The incredible sounding acoustics in the room brought out the best in the music. The percussion sounded thundering, voices were crisp and the orchestra of strings, brass and woodwinds punctuated the new songs while breathing new life into the older Feist songs. Although, “1234” was written on a set list, I guess it was later decided to “86” it.
The small audience was treated to such a fun and special night of music in an intimate space. Hands down, my favorite highlight of the show was Feist’s performance of the new song “Graveyard” where the polite crowd whooped it up when the song crescendoed and sang the “Whoa, oh oh oh! Bring them all back to life” chorus at the end of the song. The crowd started up the sing along again for no reason at the start of the encore, with the band and backup singers joining in too. The song is that catchy!
SET LIST
A Commomotion
Undiscovered First
Mushaboom
How Come You Never Go There
The Bad In Each Other
The Circle Married The Line
So Sorry
Bittersweet Melodies
Anti-Pioneer
Woe Be
Sea Lion
Caught A Long Wind
Graveyard
Comfort Me
Get It Wrong, Get It Right
ENCORE
Pine Moon
When I Was A Young Girl
Let It Die
video by hypeceo
photos by chocko
Tags: broken social scene, church of intercession, lelie feist, mountain man, new york city, nyc, secret show
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