Concert Review/Photos: Juliana Hatfield Three @ Boot & Saddle 3/3
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
Juliana Hatfield’s voice and shredding abilities sound as glorious as they did in 1993. That’s just one of the takeaways from Tuesday’s sold-out show — the second of two nights at the intimate venue — where Hatfield, bassist Dean Fisher and drummer Todd Philips recreated the seminal Become What You Are.
Juliana Hatfield’s voice and shredding abilities sound as glorious as they did in 1993. That’s just one of the takeaways from Tuesday’s sold-out show — the second of two nights at the intimate venue — where Hatfield, bassist Dean Fisher and drummer Todd Philips recreated the seminal Become What You Are.
There may have been a few moments of rust and doubt, but the songs poured forth with joy and an immediacy not normally felt with a work from a band that had not played together since 1994. “My Sister” still devastates and the cutting edge tempo of “This is the Sound” reverberates in your ears days after the live incarnation. Quite simply they were having a blast and the crowd certainly fed off of it.
After the main set, they returned with a few songs from their fantastic 2015 record Whatever, My Love, including “Push Pin.” Suburban New Jersey rockers It’s a King Thing opened with their odd rock quartet.
