Taking Communion with TSOOL
Sweden’s The Soundtrack of Our Lives played in town this past weekend in support of their ambitious double-album Communion released last year. It marks the first time in a while the band has toured the states, and while the crowd was small, there was still plenty enthusiasm to go around from both the band and its fans. The group opened the show with the first single from Communion, ‘Babel On’ – an upbeat, retro guitar blitz. The band sprinkled in newer tunes like ‘Thrill Me’, the poppy ‘Flipside’ and the haunting ‘Second Life Replay’ into the 13-song set, which also included older songs like ‘Instant Repeater ’99′ and ‘Big Time’.
We had never been to a TSOOL show and didn’t quite know what to expect, but what we got was a hour-and-a-half set of straight up guitar rock. The band seemed in good spirits. Frontman Ebbot Lundberg appeared grateful for the Friday night audience – intimate he would call it in a facebook post the day after… lean is what we’d call it. That’s a shame too. The band was on… from Lundberg’s vocal growl to Mattias Bärjed’s guitar gymnastics. There were some slight keyboard issues via a malfunctioning connection, but it was overcome with little effect on the evening.
The band is heading to the US west coast later this week. If you get the chance, go check them out. If you don’t have the chance, you can at least take a look at the pics from the Houston show below for a taste of what you’re missing.
