The Dropjoys at The Central
July 26, 2008
Alright, first band of the night to actually go see. The last time I saw the members of The Dropjoys, Kevin and Naoko were getting married, and I was one of their photographers. (Congratulations by the way!) They were beautiful, the weather was perfect, and dinner was absolutely divine! Yet… I digress. Well, one more comment. Due to scheduling conflicts and not being able to see them any earlier, I was finally able to get a small wedding gift to the happy couple at this show, which thankfully they loved.
Onto the show. I’ve never been to The Central before. With good reason. It’s tiny. I was expecting something much bigger and grander, but as I’m twisting and winding my way through some narrow passageways, I’m finding myself staring at a stage that is the exact width of one of the “wings” of this establishment. It was interesting to see The Dropjoys, a 5 person band, fit. Dan on drums & Nao on keys in the background, then Steve, Kevin and Carey all standing, for once, very proper and straight, because lord knows if anyone swung the wrong way someone else would have a guitar neck in the eye.
The sound was pretty good in my opinion, seeing as how I know Kevin is a pretty big stickler, he might say otherwise, but I really liked the overall. It was definitely comical to see everyone on such a small stage but everything I think worked quite well. The set list was a bit confusing seeing as how songs jumped from sad to happy to tragic to happy, and by the time I left I could tell everyone who was in the building really loved what they were hearing.
Of course I had to leave early with a secondary engagement, so I’ll leave you all to it!
I think next time The Dropjoys are playing (They played a show August 11th at the Horseshoe) is the Newmarket Ribfest on August 16th. Yet another Rib fest. I’m SO there.
