I’m saying this in the nicest way possible: Watching Great Northern makes me want to shoot myself in the head and end everything right there and have them as the last thing I hear. I don’t get it. I think that their songs are just so fucking moving that I can’t handle it sometimes and become dizzy with emotion. It’s kind of like how I feel whenever I see Interpol or Sigur Ros live. But unlike those two bands, GN are still small enough that I was able to stand up against the stage.

Once upon a time, in like 2000, it was just me and 10 other people at Interpol shows. And when they opened up for bands, I was there for them, and not the bigger bands that were headlining. I would do the same for Great Northern over and over again until they were the headliners… which they will be one day.

With three people standing up front in a line, like a wall with sound booming from it, Great Northern played a lush set that included their song “Home,” which you might recognize form a certain car commercial. It’s instantly familiar and sounds almost like a cover, it’s so good and classic. I video’ed it last night for you guys:

If I could, I’d make them tour with the Twilight Sad so I could have a wall of sound “oh my goddddddd” evening.

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