 NJ Proghouse Review – Advent & Pinnacle
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Franklin Schoolhouse – Metuchen, NJ
By Jill Hughes Advent - As far as rookie live performances go, Advent made it look very easy to get up in front of a crowd of 75+ people and perform their complex yet entertaining prog rock/symphonic songs. The stage was overrun by instruments and as the bassist quipped, “We got 85 strings up here, enough for each of you in the audience”, the audience definitely knew that this band meant business. They worked together as a team to take turns introducing each song, and perform powerful pieces, such as “Alison Waits”, a song about a ghost. Their strongest performance was the last two songs: “Remembering When” and “Utter Once Her Name/Ramblin' Sailor (excerpt)/Firmus Finale”, which like a finale to a fireworks show, built up the adrenalin of the audience and went out with a bang. Expect even more magic from this band when they perform at the ProgDay festival in September. Set List: Monteverdi bit (sequenced) from L'Orfeo
Awaiting the Call …
Alison Waits
Nowhere Else To Go
Rear View Mirror
In the Tree
Remembering When
Utter Once Her Name/Ramblin' Sailor (excerpt)/Firmus Finale
Maginot Line
Pinnacle - The band’s 3rd time playing at the Proghouse they were a little disorganized at first, especially since their drummer Greg Jones didn’t even have a set list in front of him. Yet this band entertained the audience with its catchy original prog rock tunes. They played some old tunes from their first two albums, and some newer ones from the album to come. Although they didn’t talk much in between the songs, they had their moments that made the audience laugh. The fountain of youth was bubbling out of them as their energy connected with the audience. They surprised everyone when they played a Porcupine Tree song, “Blackest Eyes”, to thank the audience for coming to see their show instead of the Porcupine Tree show in New York City that night. They definitely tried to make up for that! The last surprise of the night was a cover of the Rush song “Mission”, something Karl Eisenhart, the lead vocalist, had been ‘aching to do live for twenty years.’ It was a fun end to the night in the small schoolhouse in Metuchen, New Jersey. Set List: The Deepest Sea
Timberline
Built For Speed
Forever Changed
Blackest Eyes (Porcupine Tree)
Phoenix (new)
Garden of Turbulence (new)
Unsung Hero
Information Overload
Mission (Rush)
Always Somewhere Else Yet another great show put on by the NJ Proghouse, thanks to the efforts of Jim Robinson and the “staph”.
Only registered users may post a comment.
There are currently no user submitted comments. Powered by Simple Review |
