Monday night, Pehrspace was completely packed wall to wall as everyone in the attendance saw the return of awesome L.A. band The Mae Shi, reuniting after several years of not existing. For me, it was both insane fun and kind of bittersweet as I knew this would be one of the final shows I would be attending in L.A. With that fact, it also marked the second time of me ever seeing The Mae Shi perform, the first being in the summer of 2008 on the night that I first wandered into The Smell. I left that first night having loved The Mae Shi so much that I had proudly bought their “I’m Glad You’re Alive” t-shirt, something that went on to be one of the best tee purchases ever. I saw many people wearing those shirts on Monday at Perhspace as we got lost to the Mae Shi’s return performance.
Yours truly in the front row as their set began. I would get sucked into the pit a few minutes later.
They played a looooooong set and while the heat and lack of air in the packed venue was becoming impossible to handle, we continued pitting. It was only at the end that they slowed down and got everyone to sit in unison for a magic moment together as they concluded their epic set. And what a helluvah conclusion.
I’m going to miss L.A. shows with moments like that. The next gig coming up is going to be Los Campesinos! at the Echoplex on Saturday. I became a fan this band four years ago and have been following them ever since. Why? BECAUSE THEY’VE ALWAYS STAYED AWESOME (Unlike soooo many bands/songwriters from Vincent’s music taste, circa 2008). I hadn’t ever a chance to see them perform before, due to me missing shows and them rarely touring coming to the U.S. from Britain. But DAMN IT, SATURDAY WILL BE THE NIGHT.
‘Till next post.
