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...only did the Walkmen perform most of Bows and Arrows at the Middle East, but they put on one of the most exciting rock shows in a long time...
...Walkmen immediately segued into “The Rat,” a pounding song about mixed relationship anger and apology in which Leithauser growls, “You’ve got a nerve to be asking a favor/ You’ve got a nerve to be calling my number” and continues “Can’t you hear me/ Pounding on your wall?” Possibly one of the finest moments on Bows and Arrows, “The Rat” powerfully set the show in motion...
About the piano: it’s a seemingly ancient little instrument which the Walkmen famously tote around from show to show, and it maintains a nearly comic presence on stage. It sounds part Fisher-Price toy, part tinkly player piano, and looks like the centerpiece of some 19th century saloon. But it comes in handy for the Walkmen, who use it centrally in “We’ve Been Had,” the first song written for Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me and the first single, familiar to some from the Saturn Ion car commercial...
...show as electrifying as Friday’s, it’s easy to forget that the Walkmen are such a young band. With only two full-length studio albums, they already have an established sound most bands don’t reach until much later in their careers. At best, this gives their music the feel of a polished craft. At worst, it can seem conservative in a non-live setting...
After Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone came out, the Walkmen dealt with comparisons of all sorts, not just to indie rock acts like the Strokes and Interpol, but even U2, as some critics compared Leithauser’s voice to that of the young Bono...