Other songs worth mentioning in the forty minute set were "Apart Together" and "The Purest Suicide. Having heard MP3s of these two songs, I was looking forward to hearing them performed live. Perfect Addiction delivered, but the bad acoustics were distracting and disappointing.
The highlight of the band's set was their final song, "My Life in a Poem." A song that any artistic soul can relate to, it's a three minute ode to pure emotions funneled into a confession. It speaks of the unique trait that not only songwriters, but all writers have of stripping themselves to the bone and displaying not only their happiest of joys but their lowest despairs.
Put my life into a pattern; write it down for all to see
Look at my life, in a poem
It reveals what I could be.
The Perfect Addiction gave an impassioned and extended version of the song that capped off their set in the best possible light.
MP3s, tour dates, a blog, and upcoming releases can be found at the artist's Myspace page.
Around 11:20 the band I had come to see, Ever We Fall, took the stage. The emo-punk band that hails from Portland, Oregon has a youthful energy and exuberance that just gushes from them and pulls their audience into the show. Immediately asking, then begging, for the small but enthusiastic crowd to move closer to the stage, there was absolutely no way they were going to let it be anything less then a totally interactive experience.
The opened with "Last Night Dance Party" which is an energetic and fun song that brought the already keyed up audience to an even higher level of zeal. I quickly observed a contradiction to the "emo" label they embrace; the songs are anything but whiny or dark. A welcome change to the genre, there is an uplifting energy that they use to deliver the songs. I felt they bore a slight resemblance to Green Day, my nineteen-year-old niece likened them to My Chemical Romance — but neither is a completely accurate comparison. They are unique.
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