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San Fermin Setlist
The Woods
Ladies Mary
Emily
Crueler Kind
No Devil
Methuselah
August (New Song)
Bar
Dead (New Song)
Astronaut
Parasites
Sonsick
Blue (New Song)
Jackrabbit
-- Encore --
Renaissance!
The Count
Esmé Patterson Setlist
We Were Wild
Moth Song
Francine
Tumbleweed
Never Chase a Man
Bluebird
Wantin Ain't Gettin
Alone
Feel Right
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Brooklyn’s San Fermin is back in town... I believe their latest album is called San Fermin, which came out last year on Downtown Records.
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Esmé Patterson
Esmé Patterson (from Paper Bird) to open the show. Her forthcoming album We Were Wild will arrive June 10th, 2016, via Grand Jury Music. Patterson was previously on tour with Craig Finn.
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Pop orchestra group San Fermin recently headlined the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Thursday, April 7th.
When they originally booked the venue, they asked for a seated show. However, when they arrived, they decided they needed an open dance floor - so the result was an oddly partially open/partially seated show.
Esmé Patterson
At first the open dance floor was completely empty when Esmé Patterson (with Felipe on guitars, Alex on drums, and Jeremy on bass) took the stage. Then slowly, as she started to play, the floor started to fill up with young fans. Patterson said that she was actually experimenting on us, as her new album We Were Wild was actually not out yet (set for release June 10th on Grand Jury Music).
Patterson was quite talkative, and almost described what the song “Francine” was about. However, she said it was too early and she wasn’t drunk enough to go into details about the song.
Not all the songs were new, about half her set was taken from her concept album Woman to Woman, which was about her response to famous women in songs. For example, the song “Never Chase a Man” is about her response to Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and “Bluebird” was her response to The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”.
Brooklyn’s San Fermin is in a unique place. The rather large group (singer Allen Tate, singer Charlene Kaye, violinist Rebekah Durham, trumpeter John Brandon, saxophonist Stephen Chen, keys Ellis Ludwig-Leone, guitarist Tyler McDiarmid, and drummer Michael Hanf) is currently between their latest Jackrabbit (which came out in 2015) and working on new materials for a forthcoming album. The tour served as a preview for new songs, testing out arrangements and performances. It seemed like the band really worked hard on these new songs, as it sounded really well rehearsed.
Since was last saw San Fermin in in 2014, their co-lead singer Rae Cassidy left the group to focus on her solo career. Charlene Kaye stepped in to replace Cassidy. Kaye’s singing style is a lot more pop vs her male counterpart Allen Tate, who sounded moodier and dark. Tate has a low baritone sound, so fans of the Divine Comedy and The National will want to hear more.
Personal highlight of their set was for “Sonsick” when I heard the dedicated audience singing back and finishing its chorus. This was followed by some great trumpet solo from John Brandon.
The next time San Fermin tour, it will be in support of their forthcoming 2016 album. Based on hearing it live, it sounded like they’ve been living with these new songs for a long time now.
The same for Esmé Patterson, who we are expecting to do a proper tour in support of her We Were Wild album, once it’s released, later this year.
San Fermin’s remaining tour dates:
4/12/16 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place *
4/13/16 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt *
4/14/16 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
4/15/16 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
4/17/16 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
* with Esmé Patterson
San Fermin at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (07 April 2016)
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