Скачать или смотреть The Dismemberment Plan live @ Best Friends Forever, Las Vegas NV (October 11, 2024) [complete set]

OK, I'll admit it. I was totally behind the 8-ball when it comes to The Dismemberment Plan. By the time I first heard the band, it was through all of the well-deserved positive attention that their album 'Emergency & I' was garnering in year-end lists in 1999. I managed to catch the band on their 'Death and Dismemberment' tour with Death Cab for Cutie in 2002 in Montreal. The band, however, would announce their break-up in the summer of 2003, before I'd had a chance to see them again. Since then, the band has had intermittent periods of activity, including one-off shows here and there and a single album since their original run (2013's 'Uncanney Valley'). But 2024 is one of those magical years, with many bands reuniting to commemorate the long-ago release of beloved albums. And so thus, the D-Plan played a run of seven shows to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of 'Emergency and I', one of which was at Best Friends Forever. And thank the sweet baby Jesus for that.
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The D-Plan are a curious band in that it's kind of hard to categorize their sound. On the one hand, they are a product of the Washington DC post-hardcore scene, they can use vaguely odd time signatures reminiscent of math rock, then there is that slinky bass from Eric Axelson, some of the intricate guitars and emotional content of emo, throw in some danceable raucous chaos and you're starting to get a sense of what the band is all about. And as their appearance at BFF proves, even emo kids need to shake their booty.
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This is a bit of a franken-post. My video footage came out OK but the sound was horrid. Along comes YouTube/@StaggaLags to the rescue with much better audio. Then I found out that I accidentally stopped recording right after 'A life of possibilities', so I crowdsourced video for the last three songs courtesy of YouTube/@TTripp1. So please enjoy this, I was just happy to be able to put something together so that we could celebrate that amazing D-plan set. It had been ten years since the last time they had played live shows together, let's hope they play some reunion shows to commemorate 30 years of '!' in 2025, or 25 years since 'Change' in 2026...

p.s. as always, please support these bands by getting out to see them live when you can, and by picking up their music and merch.

00:00 (an introduction)
00:27 (the band takes the stage)
00:51 What Do You Want Me to Say?
05:12 Time Bomb
09:48 Spider in the Snow
13:36 The Face of the Earth
18:27 Do the Standing Still
20:56 Daddy Was a Real Good Dancer
24:31 (Travis muses about an 'emo in the desert mind')
25:30 The Ice of Boston
30:18 Back and Forth
35:20 You Are Invited
40:09 Gyroscope
43:12 A Life of Possibilities
47:45 Pay for the Piano
51:05 The City
56:38 OK, Joke's Over (with Jesus Lizard’s 'Boilermaker' & Chappell Roan’s 'Pink Pony Club' outro)
1:02:50 (end credits)