Kilby Block Party Day 2 Brings Medium Build, Youth Lagoon, Hovvdy, & More
Day 2 of Kilby Block Party was full of incredible fan and artist interactions, so let’s break it down.
To start off the day, Cardinal Bloom, a local band consisting of Josh Thomas (guitar), Nathan Adair (drums), Joey St. John (lead singer), and Jacob Silvester (piano and keys) played one of the two bigger stages at the venue. Anyone who played at this stage immediately was taken back by the beautiful mountains that take up a majority of their gaze. I can honestly say that something that sets this band apart is that each of them have majestic hair that captivates anyone in their audience bringing about the rock within their indie-rock genre. I have been to a few of their shows and could recognize a good amount of loyal fans who have also been to various shows, and what a beautiful sight to see.
I didn’t recognize many audio issues, it did start to rain and get windy, causing some sets to be delayed. There were a few very small issues because of tarps flying away, assumingly altering the sound board. During the first ten minutes of Wishy’s set, audio feedback was extreme. Only lasting about eight seconds, attendees described it as louder than death metal, ringing in your ears.
Day 2 of Kilby Block Party had some of the most fun artist-fan interactions that I have seen. Here are a few situations from the shows that have forever imprinted on my memories:
Medium Build:
“Shake and Stem Out”
“Get Some Rice” Nicholas Carpenter, the lead singer dedicated one of his songs to the Benihana that he went to in SLC and how amazing it is, the service, how kind people in Utah are, telling everyone to hang out at Benihana.
Hey, Nothing:
“You ever get angry? Amazing!”
“Hydrate too, that's an order!”
It truly is amazing to see artists supporting each other. A good amount of the artists who performed said that they are here for Weezer, fangirling over them and how excited they are. Peter McPoland specifically. This man is one for the fans. Someone requested to play Fein, and of course he did, let me just tell you, the amount of videos that I saw the next day recreating the “I hope they play fein… this is a ___ concert” trend was amazing. He was rocking out so hard that he broke two strings on his guitar within the first fifteen minutes but kept playing the guitar.
Kilby Block Party Day 2 was amazing, fully changing how I see festivals. This is my second year at Kilby, each time I attend, I get to see people fall in love with music all over again as they see it performed live.
Through the duration of the festival there were a few characters that stood out in the crowd specifically, the banana men, teletubbies, and the goat. The goat is a life-sized blown up animal that was raised above the man's head the whole time. All of these individuals were able to make friends with everyone around them, forming wave pools in the crowds, running in circles, moshing, getting people to dance who were slowly bopping their heads before being brought in with everyone else.
As we know, we all like to rewatch our videos, reminiscing on the shows we’ve gone to, living the emotions all over again. People were more focused on dancing, creating their own concerts with each other, or using their digital cameras to capture the emotions with their friends. I believe that concert etiquette has gone down the drain after COVID, many people have complained on social media and after some of the sets this last weekend about people having full conversations while being in the pit. We are all living our own story, but at a show, it’s like a disney channel crossover, we have to be careful not to ruin everyone else's plot.
Groups of friends dancing, creating unique experiences with everyone they meet at a show. It is truly an amazing sight to see people shedding off their skin, not having a care in the world, truly emulating “dance like nobody's watching”. There were three girls teaching each other how to swing dance in the back of the audience during Hovvdys performance, who were approached by someone on a media team who filmed them walking into the audience, dancing and singing along to the music, slowly making their way closer to the stage, having the time of their lives. This is why I love going to concerts, the way people are unapologetically themselves, creating memories that then become associated with the music they are virtually a part of at that moment.
Review & Photos by: Miriam Wasden
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