The Dismemberment Plan.
There’s something special about seeing a band you grew up listening to that isn’t a huge arena act. It’s special when you see their final show and even more extraordinary when you get to see them back together.
For me, The a Dismemberment Plan is that band. The post rock band out of D.C. Played up against Muse, Pet Shop Boys, Skrillex and Nas last night.
While the audience was only 200 people, it was a passionate group.
The band wasn’t fazed by the wild winds and dust that ripped through the festival during their Gobi Tent set at 12:05 a.m.
“Thanks for staying so late in the dust storm, you could have died,” singer Travis Morrison said.
His dry sense of humor delighted the crowd. But the band, which played a set with so much energy that you would have thought we were in a sold-out show at a club, paid the faithful in the crowd with lively renditions of its best work.
Among the biggest highlights were sing-alongs to “You Are Invited” and “Gyroscope,” off the band’s near-perfect album “Emergency & I.” The one-two punch of set Enders “The Ice of Boston” and “What Do You Want Me to Say?” was a great way to close put Saturday night at the festival, even if we weren’t able to climb on stage for the end.