She And Him at Terminal 5
We missed the opening bands–I kind of wanted to see The Rosebuds too, but it didn’t happen–and got there in time to walk around the venue a bit and then grab a spot to watch from. The spot was a bit further back than I was hoping for, but we did get there pretty late so I wasn’t going to complain. I’d never been to Terminal 5 before, but I liked it. It seems like it’s in a weird location compared to where all of the other venues in NYC are, but it’s easy to get to. It’s a little bit of a bigger venue, with multiple levels, but you can’t really see much from the upper levels unless you’re up against the railing.
She And Him came out and Zooey looked absolutely beautiful. I mean, come on, I’m a bit biased here, but she looked great. More importantly though, her voice sounded amazing and M Ward and the touring band played extremely well. Everything sound very tight and right on.
They pretty much played everything from Volume One and didn’t leave much left for an encore so they came out with some new stuff for it. I really can’t complain about the set at all since they didn’t leave anything unplayed, but I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t really hoping for “Baby It’s Cold Outside”…even though it was the end of July and pretty hot out.
[...] She & Him…were alright. Not great, not bad, just alright. I think I would say that the first time I saw them was better. To be fair, it wasn’t entirely their fault. The sound was rather inconsistent, [...]