This stream was originally to take place on January 11th but due to COVID restrictions going back into place got moved to February 19th. Lucky me since not only did I miss the stream for Grassroots but also forgot all about this stream until after the 11th when I then realized my lucky break. The eponymous “Blue album” in full, in sequence? Yes please.
The format and setup of this stream was almost identical to the one for Music that I caught back in November and just like that one I was nodding my head pretty much the entire time throughout the stream. Highlights for me were the same songs as my favorite songs on the album; “Down,” “Random,” “Jackolantern’s Weather,” Hive,” “Misdirected Hostility” and “Purpose.” After they worked their way through the whole album they took a short intermission and came back for a set of six “B-Sides” including fan fave “Firewater.” S.A. Martinez got so into the performance that he had to change his shirt for the Q&A portion at the end because he was sweating so profusely. I also noticed Tim Mahoney’s “guitar face” a lot more this time but that could have been due to me being completely sober this time.
A killer bonus of this stream was the announcement that they decided to do streams for their next three albums Transistor, Soundsystem and From Chaos starting March 11th, which I am sure they will have something special up their sleeve for since that is 3/11.
