{"id":4227,"date":"2019-04-10T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:13:16","slug":"review-remember-sports-joey-nebulous-lost-dog-once-ballroom-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2019\/04\/10\/review-remember-sports-joey-nebulous-lost-dog-once-ballroom-4-8\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Remember Sports, Joey Nebulous, Lost Dog @ ONCE Ballroom 4\/8"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Reed Romanko<\/em><\/p>\n

On April 8<\/span>th<\/span>, the ONCE Ballroom hosted Remember Sports, Joey Nebulous, and Lost Dog, each band bringing their own unique sound to the venue for a varied yet cohesive concert experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019d been six months since I\u2019d been to the ONCE Ballroom, and the difference in vibe was slight, but noticeable; I was one of five with \u201cX\u201ds drawn on my backhand, signs read \u201cNO STAGE DIVING OR CROWDSURFING,\u201d and the venue itself felt cleaner, mellower. The laid-backness lent itself to the artists there that night.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vibe was very relaxed, so when Lost Dog started setting up, people continued with their conversations. Once they were ready to roll, lead singer Katya Malison played a single chord, which emanated from the speakers for what felt like minutes. A musical call to arms, the crowd worked their way onto the dance floor. Lost Dog opened with \u201cThe Routine,\u201d which should be recorded soon. Once Lost Dog had the audience\u2019s attention, they kept it. They followed with \u201cSally,\u201d a single of theirs about bulimia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the visceral lyrics about puking down a shower drain, the band kept it light and breezy. Guitarist Emma Panullo and drummer Alix Kaplan raised their eyebrows and winked at each other, with some unheard cheeky banter said between them; they were having just as much fun as the audience. \u00a0Lost Dog then played \u201cDFT,\u201d a song off their soon-to-be released album <\/span>Don\u2019t Feel That<\/span><\/i>. Malison noted that their next song, a cover of \u201cNo Aloha\u201d by The Breeders, often draws comparison to the original artist, and the connection is definitely understandable. They closed the set with \u201cRonnie Got,\u201d one of their most popular songs off of their first album, <\/span>Precious Stuff<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joey Nebulous\u2019s attire helped greatly in the tonal transition from Lost Dog. Bassist Wilson Brehmer was adorned in Reindeer Antlers and a t-shirt reading \u201cHappy Christmas.\u201d \u00a0Keyboardist Margaret McCarthy and Drummer Logan Novak had a face full of stars and glitter. Lead Singer Joseph Farago was not only rocking glitter and stars, but also a sweet rainbow masquerade mask. Farago and friends started off the set with \u201cEvery Guy\u201d and set the happy, easygoing mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

McCarthy had bits before she entered on the keyboard, so she danced, bopped, and jammed when she free. Farago\u2019s falsetto is truly astounding, and would leave most tenor choir boys quaking. When he sang these quirky yet relatable lyrics octaves above his natural register, he gestured with his hands in this charmingly choreographed way, as if he noted every time he had a free hand and chose to have fun with it. Novak and Brehmer didn\u2019t get to dance like the keyboardists, but they were still clearly grooving along to the music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between their songs, Joey Nebulous kept it casual by talking about whatever. Farago gave a variety of comments, ranging from requesting Instagram followers @joeynebulous to quoting sayings of Novak, like \u201cIf I have a son, I\u2019m gonna dress him like Oliver Twist.\u201d I think knowing McCarthy said \u201cThis tour is about self-growth,\u201d and quoting Cher\u2019s tweet, \u201cOk, just sent 100 desks,\u201d gives a great understanding of the vibe. Their time on stage flashed by, and this being their last leg of the tour, they thanked Remember Sports for bringing them along and hoped for the chance to tour with them again.<\/span><\/p>\n

After much anticipation, Remember Sports finally took the stage around nine thirty. The quartet huddled around drummer Connor Perry\u2019s drum set. Everyone got a high five to get hyped up, then they started off the set with \u201cTiny Planets,\u201d the first song off their first album<\/span> Sunchokes<\/span><\/i>. The crowd exploded in applause, hoots, and hollers when the song ended, but Remember Sports without delay jumped straight into \u201cSaturday\u201d off of <\/span>All of Something<\/span><\/i>. Lead singer Carmen Perry would belt out the chorus, \u201cSaturday,\u201d and the audience screamed it with her. She gently said thanks into the mic, and again Remember Sports was off the races.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their guitar strokes sounded unfamiliar, and the music sounded unlike anything Remember Sports had put out before. They were playing a brand new song, \u201cPinky Ring,\u201d off their next album. While this new strumming of strings and thumping of drums threw me for a loop initially, once I grew accustomed to it, it seemed perfectly Remember Sports. Musically, there was gravity and weightiness to \u201cPinky Ring\u201d which I had not found in previous songs of theirs. Once the audience was acclimated to the new sound, Remember Sports jumped into <\/span>Slow Buzz<\/span><\/i>, playing songs upbeat bangers like \u201c1 Bad Man\u201d and \u201cTemporary Tattoo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The quartet dedicated the next song \u201cYou Can Have Alone Time When You\u2019re Dead\u201d to former band member and soon-to-be medical resident Benji Dossetter. Bassist Catherine Dwyer noted that the drums of the song sounded like his name (spaced Ben-ji Doss-et-ter) and played the song, much to the audience\u2019s excitement. They continued with \u201cNothing\u2019s Coming Out\u201d and \u201cPull Through,\u201d two slower, hard hitting songs off of <\/span>Slow Buzz<\/span><\/i>, before switching it up with fast-paced, upbeat fan favorite \u201cCalling Out.\u201d Here Remember Sports played another brand new song, \u201cEasy,\u201d which permeated that heavy feeling that their other new song, \u201cPinky Ring,\u201d hammered home. They fittingly closed the show with \u201cUnwell,\u201d the final song on <\/span>Slow Buzz<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Reed Romanko On April 8th, the ONCE Ballroom hosted Remember Sports, Joey Nebulous, and Lost Dog, each band bringing their own unique sound to the venue for a varied yet cohesive concert experience. It\u2019d been six months since I\u2019d been to the ONCE Ballroom, and the difference in vibe was slight, but noticeable; I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1525],"tags":[725,726,227,720],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4238,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions\/4238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}