the.Rapture.(L!V3) @the.Belly.Up

The.Rapture.2011

@the.Belly.Up.(San Diego, CA)

Tuesday.October.5.2011

What?!?! No shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake?!?!?!?!  "Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks" was not played and that is an OUTRAGE, but they played, "Olio"! Ahhhhhhhhh, FCVKn love that song and I liked how they changed it up and it sounded so fresh.  

This is my first time at The Belly Up and I like this place.  It reminded me of the House of Blues, but in a surfer way.  The venue was at Solana Beach (never been and what a quiet town).  All the shops where close.   There was nothing around that was open to just chill at. 
Once inside,  we made are way to the front.  We (Diana and I) where five feet away from the stage.   The place was busy and the concert was NOT sold out.  From the outside, The Belly Up looks small, but once inside it's big.  It's the size of the EchoPlex. 
The Rapture hit the stage and I was surprise on how tame the crowd was.  No one hardly danced and no one started some crazy mosh-pit when they played, "House of Jealous Lovers".  I thought the crowd was gonna go mad when they played that song, but...NO!  It was...DEAD!  When I saw this, it mad me wanna go see them in LA because I know that the  LA crowd would tear that $H!T apart (I just heard that at the Pomona show, there was a fight in the middle of that song, that the band stopped playing.  CRAZY.).   It's so interesting to see how different a city is.  I love the calm, but when they play a hit, you gotta get crazy.  You don't want to be the only standout. 
Just like Interpol (the loss of Carlos D), you really did not miss Mattie Safer (old bassist, which Carlos D was too, bassist).  They replaced him with another guy that they did not introduce.  I guess he is...temporary?

It is always great to see Luke Jenner (Lead Singer) connect with the crowd.  He stage dived and sang in the crowd.  It this a trend for the new decade?  If so, I like.  

They closed the night with "Sail Away".  Luke Jenner told us that the person in the cover on the new album, "In The Grace of Your Heart" (which is, a AWESUM album that you should get) is his father.  Right on.

A brief history of The Rapture, even though they are from NYC and started the dance punk movement, they formed and are from San Diego.   

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