That means Trump probably won’t deport them. Which is good for us because, even with us audience in chairs, they’re epic. Something we already knew, but not that I’ve experienced personally.
What do I mean, “us audience in chairs”? Well, for some reason, the Boulder Theatre was like, “hey, let’s put down chairs for this metal show. That’ll be a good idea!” And it kinda wasn’t. People started standing during Wheel, the opener, and just didn’t sit for Leprous. There were no AEW wrestlers so no violence, but also there was no sitting.
Which, if you’re at a concert with chairs, the amount of people sitting is linear to how shit a show it is, no matter the genre or age of the crowd. 100% of the crowd sitting? A 100% shitty show. 50% sitting? 50% shitty show. Wheel and Leprous, together, got it to about 5% people sitting. You do the analogy.
Wheel kinda got a bit boned in that it’s hard, especially as the opener, especially in a genre that requires not chairs, to give it 100% when the audience’s tooshes are planted in cushions. There’s no give and take with the crowd. But these lespecial-esque motherfuckers did leave me wanting to experience more. They left me going, “damn, I bet they get aggressive and commanding as fuck during non seated shows!”
But they did warm up the audience well, because Leprous was straight up epic and no one 95% of people weren’t sitting. Leprous’ operatic metal lends itself so well to a live show. The vocals are superb and ear catching while the changing time signatures force the backing band to, not phone it in, but actually play with one another. And as we know, watching good musicians sync up with one another is amazing. It’s captivating. It’s intriguing. And I’m glad these guys toured Colorado before our president picks an unnecessary a fight with Norway.
Shoutout to their drummer who didn’t study for the fucking tour one complicated song they never put on the set and required a local, Sierra White, to fill in on. I was like, “what the fuck happened to their drummer?” Then it made sense.
Don’t forget to check out our merch – just like fine wine, the longer you look, the less shit it will be. I don’t know how to drink.
