Bright Eyes / Waxahatchee / Lucy Dacus

Jul 31, 2021 (3 years ago)

Forest Hills Stadium     New York, New York, United States

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Date:
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Venue:
Forest Hills Stadium
Location:
New York, New York, United States
Notes:

Bright Eyes, Waxahatchee & Lucy Dacus played Forest Hills Stadium
Amanda Hatfield
Published: August 1, 2021

Early in her opening set at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday (7/31), Lucy Dacus asked the crowd if this was the first show they'd gone to since COVID. For many, it was, and there was a palpable sense of excitement and energy in the air. Saturday's show, part of Bright Eyes' first tour in ten years, was originally announced in January of 2020, and scheduled for last summer. Since then, Bright Eyes, Lucy, and Waxahatchee (replacing Japanese Breakfast, who was originally set to open this show like she did the Westville Music Bowl show on Wednesday, and has since begun her own headlining tour) all have released excellent new albums -- Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, Home Video, and Saint Cloud, respectively -- and the world has been plunged into, and begun to emerge from, COVID lockdown. Of course, things are still a long way from normal; Bright Eyes just postponed this tour's indoor shows, with COVID's contagious Delta variant in mind. Some people wore masks on Saturday, although most didn't.

In this charged atmosphere, Lucy Dacus' soothing voice cataloging adolescent awkwardness on songs from her new album was a balm. Her set, which closed with "Night Shift" from 2018's Historian, was all too short, but she's sure to play a longer one on Sunday (8/1) when she headlines Music Hall of Williamsburg, a last minute show that was announced after her scheduled Sunday show with Bright Eyes at Terminal 5 was postponed. Tomberlin opens the MHOW show.

Up next was Waxahatchee, aka Katie Crutchfield, who, after appearing solo and with Kevin Morby at Newport Folk Festival last weekend, played her first show with a new band, that includes her sister, Allison Crutchfield (Swearin', etc). Katie and Allison always sound gorgeous harmonizing together, and never more so than on songs like "Fire" from Saint Cloud. It was a treat to finally hear songs from that album, one of our favorites of 2020, live, as well as the very fun cover of HAIM's Women in Music Pt. III single "The Steps" they did.

Before Conor Oberst joined them, the rest of Bright Eyes, along with an orchestra (a different one has been joining them in each city), did a rendition of Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," in honor of the tour's arrival in NYC. When Conor did come out, he was wearing a top-hat, a piano key tie, a coat with tails, and carrying a cane. He spent much of the night stalking the stage with a pent-up urgency, and alluded that it might be a while before the band tour again (not another 10 years, we hope!).

Similar to Wednesday night's New Haven show, Saturday night's setlist was heavy on older favorites like "Something Vague" and "The Calendar Hung Itself..." that had the crowd singing along, and Conor quipping that we were going back to the '90s. Another highlight was an emotional rendition of "Poison Oak." While Conor seemed to lose the thread of lyrics to a few songs, especially towards the end of the night, the feeling was still there, and it came across especially well in songs like The People's Key standout "The Ladder Song," and "Comet Song" off the new album.

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