CONCERT REVIEW: Delta Spirit @ Union Transfer 3/30

POSTED: Monday, April 2, 2012, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Music | Concert Review concert photos

“When someone around me smells good, I notice,” said a girl in the crowd. “So I automatically think, wow, this band is good.” She stood at the front of a crowd, that did plenty of hairstyle checking and over the shoulder looks to check the scene. Collectively, it looked like a Gap ad. Luckily when the show started, the music made them forgettable.

Delta Spirit’s return to Philly, selling out the still sparkling-clean Union Transfer, was a big step up from their appearance at the First Unitarian Church two years ago. Their indie rock rang like anthems and heated the room. Quite literally; it got damn hot in there. The mercury started rising around the time they hit their stride with Ode to Sunhine’s, “Strange Vine.” Others from that album, “Parade,” “House Built for Two” and the closer “Trashcan,” were received best. The majority of the set came from their recent eponymous album. Trying to get everyone moving before Delta Spirit’s slot was Van Pierszalowski, of the late Port O’ Brien, and his new band WATERS. Yeah, all caps. He showed everyone his softer side with “Mickey Mantle,” and got a little extra noisy on the riff-driven, “For the One,” from their debut, Out in the Light.

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