May
29
2010

Fucking Domo

With Friends Like These... CD Release

PhotosSaturday, May 29, 2010 - 11:49:01 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Live Shows)
Tonight rocked.

Earlier in the day, Domo tweeted their first set for tonight's show. Every song on the list being prefixed with 'fucking'. And so as we were scrambling to get ready to get going, I announced that everything tonight should be prefixed with 'fucking'. [smile] And followed through during the night.

It'd been a long day, so the TV downtime made it hard to get to Yucca on time, especially given the unprecedented (kinda) 9pm start time. But it's Yucca, nothing ever starts on time, right? We got there by 9:30pm and Truckers were already playing, but we did get to see a good portion of their set. Given that we were late, it was a shame that they were playing first. Very enjoyable to catch most of them though.

After Truckers were done, we hit the merch booth that Domo had set up. Highly organized shit, "domo" in big letters, t-shirts and CD's, and as it turned out, a selection of Domo buttons. Talk about a great merch table - despite watching money, it was clear that we needed a t-shirt as well as the CD. Maybe two, a bit of a splurge, but I'd regret it in no time if we didn't. But when we realized that everything was $5 each, there was no question about it. Huge points for Domo for the bargain prices!

The second point of excitement was Sweet Creepy. I could write a novel documenting the efforts we've gone to to get our hands on a copy of this CD (including harassing Jason the last at the last two shows we've been to - unsuccessfully, but it did result in us getting an advance copy of With Friends Like These... three months before tonight). So a cheer went up between us at the fact that they had copies for sale. So, not only were things $5 dollars, but there was a $15 offer on "buy 3 CD's and a t-shirt for $15 dollars". Worked out perfect for us, because in addition to the Domo CD's, they had the Fifteen Minutes Fast CD, which we wanted. We were told it was their first CD, and while I am very well versed on their discography, I definitely wanted the CD if it was some earlier one I somehow didn't know about. When we got to the car, we discovered it to be the Fifteen Minute Fast CD, which I ironically constantly pick up at Zia's (not sure why I didn't recognize the cover), but always put back, not knowing how many songs are on it, and whether Zia's price is fair. Which I'm thankful for, since we effectively got it free tonight.

So, with that out of the way, it was a case of picking out t-shirts. For me, the choice was obvious - one of the few new ones is back, simply with "fucking domo" across the front. Refer above to prefixing everything tonight with "fucking". Despite a bit of question the fact that I might not be able to wear it as often as I might like, the decision was pretty easy. Arguably there was no question at all. [smile]

In additionally, Truckers were giving away their latest disc with purchases of the new Domo record. Ironically we picked this up a month ago at Teakwoods, so it was funny we could have picked it up free tonight. Anyways, once all was said done, we picked up 4 CD's and t-shirts for $20. Pretty sweet!

Second band on the bill were from out of town, from Georgia. Kinda weird, but a fine opener neither the less, and that doesn't always happen with bands you don't know. About halfway through the set, it appeared that the singer graduated from the Corey Gloden school of rock. While not quite as unpredictable or entertaining as Corey, but certainly there was some correlation there.

Photobox ImageDomo's set was kick ass, mostly made up of tunes off the new record, with one or two we didn't know, and one or two older ones. When we first got a copy of the CD, I questioned whether knowing the songs before the release party was going to be a good or bad thing/ On the one hand, knowing them all was going to facilitating rocking out with ease/ On the other hand, it was going to take the surprise out of everything. Of course, it's hardly like we could get a copy from Jason and NOT listen to it, so that won out. It was pretty immediately clear that knowing all the songs really well was definitely the best way to go, it definitely made the show a lot more enjoyable. Certainly a notable point was how good they sounded. While they have a nicely produced album by a relatively big local producer (Jamie Woolford, who was in attendance tonight), their live performance sounded as good as the album. It's amazing the wall of sound that some three pieces can put out. Domo is definitely one of them!

We pretty much chilled out during the Haymarket Squares. Katie was convinced that we've seen them before, but I'm not sure that we actually have. In anycase, tonight confirmed what I thought - not really my thing.

Photobox ImageDomo was up yet again to close out the night. Given their had already done one set, and left most of their gear set up, it didn't take long for them to take the stage again. And the rock continued. There were a lot in this set that we didn't know. I'd figured that some of the songs may have been from Sweet Creepy, but in hindsight, that doesn't seem like it was the case. Who knows what the songs were - they could have been new songs, given that Friends... has been finished for quite a while. In anycase, seeing two sets was awesome, I wish more bands did that. And we were happy that the second set contained Lawrence, Kansas. I'm still very surprised that that didn't make it onto the album (and isn't on any of the older ones). Hopefully it'll appear on the next one, because it's a fucking great song. It was a shame however that the sound wasn't great for this set - you could barely here Jason's vocals, which was pretty frustrating. I don't know who is running the sound at Yucca, or what he's deal is, but this is the second time recently that I've been less than impressed with the sound. I say kill the sound booth (which is annoyingly placed, put the board back up on the stage and have the bands (or Garvin [wink] ) do the sound. But, I digress...

So all in all it was a really fun night. I wouldn't have changed much, although we (and everyone else) could have probably done without the coke fiend that was trying to start at mosh pit. At Yucca? Fucking really? The last time I saw him, he did the same thing at a Strange Young Things show, resulting in a fight, which pissed off everyone, including the band. Though thankfully he disappeared at some point during the night, without any real incident this time!
Now Playing: Domo - With Friends Like These...We Need New Friends

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