Prior to wrapping up their recent fall tour, Nashville-based pop rock band SafetySuit headlined Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA on September 29.
Supporting act, Florida-based rock band Go Radio, readied the crowd with their lively set, which featured songs off their recent release, Close the Distance. The crowd ate up their set and sang loudly along to songs like the band’s latest single, “Go to Hell.”
Shortly after Go Radio wrapped up their set, the lights lowered around 10:30 p.m. PST. SafetySuit band members Tate Cunningham (drums), Jeremy Henshaw (bass guitar), Brad Oliver (sitting in for Dave Garofalo on guitar), and Doug Brown (lead vocals/rhythm guitar) took the stage and launched into “Believe” off their latest full-length record, These Times.
The band’s unwavering energy allowed them to power through their hour-and-a-half, 14-song set, which featured a mix of songs from both of their records, Life Left to Go and the aforementioned These Times. You would think playing four or five nights a week would take a bit of a toll out on the band, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by the way they perform.
Brown had quite the stage presence about him, which he demonstrated as he moved his way through songs like “Annie” and "Let Go" with an air of confidence—and referred to the latter of the two tracks as “SafetySuit’s version of a pop song.” He also worked his charm on a young lady in the audience by dedicating the band’s performance of “Anywhere But Here” to her.
His obvious passion for performing comes across in the personable fashion in which he interprets songs on stage, and allows the band to create an immediate connection with their audience, who sang along to every song from start to finish.
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