Rainbow Kitten Surprise opened The Bones Tour in Essex, Vermont, on September 12, playing a sold-out outdoor show on the first real night of fall. The crowd showed up in coats and hoodies, and the band kept the set unpredictable: “Cocaine Jesus” came midway through instead of closing the night, a mid-set acoustic stretch with “Bare Bones,” “Black and White,” and “First Class” gathered around a vintage ribbon mic, and the main set ended with “Run” ahead of encores of “Tropics” and “It’s Called: Freefall.” The strobe-heavy lighting rig tied the whole night together.
Boone, North Carolina’s Cigarettes @ Sunset opened with their self-described “Appalachian Possum Rock,” including a few unreleased songs, and singer Garrett Dellinger spent much of the set out in the crowd, singing and moshing with fans. Read my full review at The Juice Box Press, and a gallery from the show is below.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Cigarettes @ Sunset
