"Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest band in the history of New York: The Yeasayers!" - Representative Jay Inslee
First off, my favorite band in Capitol Hill Block Party's lineup was surely Yeasayer. Unfortunately, the most ridiculous moment of my entire BP experience had to be Jay Inslee's awkward introduction of the band, of which the band themselves were clearly uninformed. Now, I get that he was excited about them, but the greatest band in the history of New York?! Cool your jets, Jay.
When they took the stage, lead singer Chris Keating made sure multiple times to disassociate themselves from the politician, mocking him for mispronouncing their name saying "He must be talking about some other band".
Poor Jay, just don't try so hard next time.
Keating feels the music and the crowd feels it right along with him.
Anand Wilder, multi-instrumentalist, singer and style icon (peep the parachute pants), nailed every note with perfection as per usual.
Amongst a sea of Seattleites, it finally became clear what a sold-out Block Party crowd feels like. I'm pretty sure Yeasayer was the destnination band of the evening, with no empty rooftop, balcony, window or sidewalk spot in sight.
In spite of the horrible intro, the band went on to deliver a great set, dropping bombs from both albums in a high-energy barrage that was over too soon.
Here's a vid somebody captured of their wicked single Ambling Alp (a bit rough, but you get the idea):
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