Girl at the Rock Shows

I was about spent by the time Friday night rolled around. I can’t tell you why, but this week just felt a bit rougher than others. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately, and when I got home from work, I more or less just collapsed onto the couch. I was ready for a night in, a night with no responsibilities, no work, no nothing but the concert Gods, as usual, had something else in store for me. It’s so weird how, on nights like Friday night when I feel like the last thing I want is to go to a show, the show ends up saving me in a way, and that’s precisely what happened with my night at the 7th Street Entry.

New York City-based indie-pop band Meyru was the first and only opener at the show. The band wasted no time soothing my soul with their calm yet full-of-life performance. Honestly, sonically, there was nothing super extraordinary about this band, but they still sparkled with the way that every song was perfectly presented and done with a sense of heart. Their melodies were hooky and their guitar-forward style was very easy to fall into. Although I had never heard of this band before, I felt a connection to them through their music. It was sweet and almost soft at times, yet soaked deep into my bones.

Friday night was Meyru’s first time in Minnesota, which, honestly, was a bit surprising to me because of how the young audience responded to every song. It was as if we were watching everyone’s favorite band of all time. Meyru was treated like royalty with the respect that the audience showed throughout the set. Don’t get me wrong, the music and performance of this band stand on their own, but there was just something about the way they were treated by the quickly growing audience that intrigued me. I definitely fell for this band with every song that passed, but I think being surrounded by people who had clearly been waiting for this moment for a long time just emphasized that.

Continuing on with the more standard yet perfectly done indie-pop sound that Meyru had kicked the night off with was Virginia-based headlining act, Dogpark. Like Meyru, this is a band I knew nothing about. Honestly, at this point in the year, I’m just trying to hit the highest number of shows I possibly can, so I showed up at this show just because it was, well, a show. Within the first couple of notes of Dogpark’s set, it became clear that this was going to be so much more than just a number for my show count this year.

Sure, Dogpark is an indie-pop band but it’s the almost jam-band-like quality of this band that instantly had me wanting as much as I could possibly get from this band. The groove that flowed through the intimate venue throughout the first song was more than enough to have me hooked, and the way the members interacted with each other was just the icing on the cake. Everything about Dogpark’s sound and performance was organic, yet it was so perfectly created, crafted, and presented. There were moments throughout their set on Friday night when I didn’t know if the band was improvising or not. I loved this because it showed just how well all of the members of this band played with each other and how creative this group is as a band while still being completely accessible to the normal music listener.

Dogpark’s music, as mentioned, had an almost jam-band-like quality to it, with the way all of the members were perfectly situated in the pocket of the beat, but that wasn’t all. There were influences that came through loud and clear throughout their set that ranged from 90’s alt-rock to an almost vintage pop-rock sound. All of these different influences were wrapped up in an indie-pop bow of perfection. Although there were moments when I felt like I knew where the band was going to go with their songs, there were others that seemed to keep me on my toes, and that added a sense of thrill to the night for me.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time with both Meyru and Dogpark on Friday night. I wish I had more to say about both bands, but at the end of the night, this was one of those shows where nothing super insane happened. There wasn’t anything crazy going on with the audience, and other than perfectly presented music, there wasn’t anything super chaotic happening on stage. Honestly, after the week I had, it was the perfect show and, like usual, just what I needed to snap myself out of the funk that the chaotic week had left me in.

Line Up:

Meyru

Dogpark

Venue: 7th Street Entry

Smell-O-Meter: Nothing Notable

Average Age of the Crowd: 19

Crowd Surfers- 0

Stage Divers- 0

Mosh-ability- 0 out of 10

Broken Bones- None Spotted

Spotted Flying Through The Air- Nothing

Fights- None Witnessed

Pukers- 0

Passed Out People- 0

Idiots Taken Out By Security – 0

How Many Times I’ve Seen These Bands Before (or at least how many times I can remember)-

Meyru – 0

Dogpark – 0

Celebrity Sightings – None

Overall Score – 7.8 out of 10

Show on Deck —Products Band / Cult Vibes / Panel

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