Day In Day Out Day 2 Review

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Photo Courtesy of Day In Day Out Website

Author: Svetlana Sohoni

The summer of Seattle festivals finally returned this summer after a quiet two years with the likes of Capitol Hill Block Party and Day in Day Out. After seeing an ad for DIDO on social media, I bought presale tickets because the line up seemed too good to be true. Specifically Day 2, which was highly anticipated by many. Julie, a shoegaze band with a lot of buzz surrounding them at the moment started off Day 2 followed by Shabazz Palaces, Cherry Glazerr, Jpegmafia, the highly anticipated Turnstile, and ending with Mac Demarco, who celebrated the ten-year anniversary of his records Rock and Roll Night Club and 2.

Walking into the park hearing Julie was slightly underwhelming. I had been shown the band by a friend and was excited to see them live, but unfortunately the set was not mixed very well. The sound levels of each of their instruments drowned one another out. I stand by the fact that they are a young band that has a bright future ahead of them, but their live performance did not do their records justice. Despite this, I hope to see them again in a more intimate venue where I feel their music likely thrives. Festivals can be chaotic sometimes with sound problems and artists running into issues due to the rush between one another’s sets.

Day In Day Out was one stage which made this all the more tricky, but as a festival goer relaxing and laid back because there was no running to different stages to get to see an artist’s set on time. Instead, while set changes occurred between artists, some fantastic DJs from the Seattle Area and KEXP kept the crowd moving. The Shabazz Palaces set was much calmer and I found myself eating Seattle hotdog on the grass and swaying to the rhythmic beats while trying to mentally prepare myself for the fact that I was about to be in for a wild ride of high energy sets.

I listened to Cherry Glazerr in high school and their live set was consistent. There was little talking and lots of music playing and dancing between the lead singer squeaking an excited thank you into the microphone. Cherry Glazerr revived me from the exhaustion I was feeling on Day 1 with their fast-paced music, as I started to buzz with excitement for what was to come. 

Next, Jpegmafia graced the stage with his presence. As always he was talkative and filled with energy, and he got everyone hyped up very quickly. Suddenly there was a bit more movement in the audience, as they  filled with cheerful laughter as he performed a comedic yet impressive cover of Call Me Maybe. As soon as Jpegmafia left the stage my friends and I made our way to the barricade to see the set we had been waiting to see–the highly anticipated Turnstile performance.

Turnstile has been around for over ten years, but with their most recent album “Glow On,” they have been receiving lots of traction and attention in the last year or so. Most of all, Turnstile live sets have a reputation for being crazy and filled with energy, and I was ready to experience it myself and see whether they would live up to the expectations. Unsurprisingly their set was one of the greatest and most put together sets I have seen in my life. I could go on for days but I won’t; instead I will say that despite the recent drama of their longtime guitarist leaving the band, they seemed to not have a care in the world onstage. Their synchronized jumps and and energy dancing around the stage brought too much energy to the crowd, energy that was not even nearly reached by any of the other sets I saw that weekend. I was clinging onto the barricade the entire time with a gigantic smile on my face as they played songs from Turnstile Love Connection and the sun set in the background. Once their set ended, Mac Demarco ended up being the perfect closer.

His set was nostalgic as he played his older songs and chatted with the crowd. His closing song “Still Together” was a magical moment as everyone sang the song with him under the lights and the Space Needle in the background. There was a feeling of community and joy and honest performance made it feel like a reunion with an old friend. Overall, Day In Day Out Day 2 was a day we will remember for a long time, not just because of the artists but because of the togetherness that we all felt spending the day with complete strangers and celebrating to live music. There are many more days like this one to come.

 

Svetlana Sohoni | KXSU Music and Arts Reporter

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