Ghostland Observatory / The Jealous Girlfriends (27 July 2008)

Last weekend kicked off on Saturday night at Prospect Park Bandshell where Austin, TX duo Ghostland Obsevratory set up to blow the leaves off the trees.

Openers, Brooklyn's own The Jealous Girlfriends, seemed to be swallowed up in the moment. Switching from straight rock n roll induced frenzies to a pop style that I can only think to call "alternative". Slowly but surely they won over the crowd and in turn became more comfortable making the show that much better.

The big deal for everyone though was Ghostland Observatory. For such a small group, their lives shows have become legendary. Lasers, smoke machines, strobe lights..and even with all this excess going on around they still know how to work the crowd better than some of the most seasoned veterans.

The night was nothing new for Ghostland. Loud screaming fans, dancincing...girls exposing their breast...just another night on tour I'd guess. I for one love the band and the majority of thes songs on all their records. So it was nice that they played a large assorment of songs. But what I can only take so much of is being crushed by 500 sweaty people as everyone tries and move from one end of the stage to the other. To get the "whole experience". About 2/3rds through the set I moved away from the front of the stage took a sip of water and watched them finish out the set in the cool summer night. It was definitely one of the better performances of the summer so far.



I'll post pictures soon...