Balance and Composure - With You in Spirit (October 4th 2024) Album • Page 31

I say this as someone who loves this band dearly, and have only seen one other band more times live, but...

I don't feel like they do themselves a lot of favors live. Not a ton of stage presence outside of Jon at times, the performances are fine but I don't think they really elevate the songs, and they make baffling setlist choices. They opened with Tiny Raindrop, Afterparty (baffling choice personally, one of my least favorite off LWM) then Any Means. Did not feel like they brought much energy to the stage at all. The setlist also doesn't have any songs with a slightly aggressive edge, and I'm not sure if that is tailoring to the audience since they're opening for Turnover, or if that's to save Jon's voice, but it's a little bit of a bummer. Zero songs from Separation.

Highlights were definitely the new songs (Any Means, Restless, A Little of Myself, Cross to Bear) along with Postcard, which Jon really lets loose and vibes hard with, and I appreciate seeing someone really get into a performance like that.

 

I feel like they’ve been pretty good about setlists through their career, but agree that the sequencing on this tour is bizarre. On our stop they opened with Any Means > Tiny Raindrop > Restless. Just a strange stretch of songs. Felt like it took a while for them to get momentum