Many moons ago, the Mae Shi captured my heart with their ridiculously uptempo songs and beautiful pop compositions, bandaged together with ridiculous synths and crazy guitar. Then, in 2008, HILLYH came out. That record was a super hit, Pitchfork i think made it #8 of 2008. Its a rad fucking record. The lyrics seem super christian though, songs like "Lamb and Lion" and "Young Marks" display prominent christian themes. After hanging out with these dudes a few times, i got to talk to them about their lyrics, their music and some other shit. they're all really really nice dudes, friendly and open as could be. It turns out that they chose the old testament theme for HILLYH because the stories were so violent and interesting. I caught a last minute performance at the Helm gallery in Tacoma before last weeks show at Chop Suey, both of which blew my fucking mind. They're on tour with Metronomy, some electro act that i had no interest in. They played at 9:30. As usual, they brought the party to the weird Chop Suey crowd. Kids stood still for as long as they could before breaking out into dance. They followed through with an old Mae Shi tradition, throwing a huge sheet (rainbow) over the crowd and singing and dancing with everyone under it. They blasted through a 25 minute set, ending with a new track, "I Am the Red" which totally fucking ruled. Definetly one of the best live bands, and most fun to see, ever.
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