the national - melkweg - 281107

hayden, a bearded solo artist, opened, and for the last couple of songs he got support of the band, which was an improvement ... unfortunately they went off stage again, a jam-transition into their show would have been nicer ... but their start, some minutes later, was impressive enough, specially the base falling in on the line start a war ... six people on stage, producing great music (at one point singing all together), changing instruments once in a while (reminds me of an arcade fire review i read with the word multi-instrumentalist a few times too much, you see, happens in more bands), and a singer with only that job, so his arms free to move sometimes hectically, but with a voice like that he can do whatever he wants, even throwing the mike-stand the other way of the stage in a raging moment ... lots of boxer songs, and also other work, which i don't know yet, but that will change ...

start a war / mistaken for strangers / secret meeting / brainy / friend of mine / slow show / squalor victoria / abel / wasp next / all the wine / racing like a pro / ada / apartment story / daughters of the soho riots / fake empire // green gloves / mr november / virginia / about today