Rip_City
Well-Known Member
Went out on a last minute decision to see yeule in Portland last night. Also stopped by the record store just across the street (Blackwater Records) from the venue which I have been in once before; they specialize in hardcore punk and metal. I did walk out with a surprisingly cheap LP, and took it to my car before waiting in line to get through the venue doors.
SASAMI
I listened to SASAMI's Squeeze from last year which didn't resonate much with me. I kind of felt the same way about her opening set here. She had no accompanying musicians, just her vocals and a laptop on a swivel chair for backing track. She also alternated half on, half off guitar at times. I found her stage personality to be rather charming, sassy, and playful...even if her attempts to hype the crowd didn't have us jumping around for much longer than 10sec at a time.
yeule
A much improved performance from last year's Portland stop. SASAMI returned as guitar support as well as a live drummer, who played both kit and drumpads. Just under an hour set including encore.
The night ran for 13 songs in total, playing songs from both last year's Glitch Princess and last month's softscars, which marks an intriguing and rather noisy change of direction for yeule's music. They played guitar for roughly half the set much like SASAMI did with her set, not just during the "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty" solo guitar performance from last year (they also performed this yesterday). They even had some screamo moments near on the last few songs of the main set, like on "x w x."
Gotta say, "Bites On My Neck" went just as hard as last year if not more. Live drummer really elevates the volume, and both SASAMI and yeule dancing around, a total vibe. It's like if EDM had drops that warranted the buildup. One of my favorite pop-adjacent songs of the 20s.
Overall, enjoyable night. Still not convinced that yeule is excellent live, but this was a much better excursion.
Video of both "softscars" and "sulky baby" here:
SASAMI
I listened to SASAMI's Squeeze from last year which didn't resonate much with me. I kind of felt the same way about her opening set here. She had no accompanying musicians, just her vocals and a laptop on a swivel chair for backing track. She also alternated half on, half off guitar at times. I found her stage personality to be rather charming, sassy, and playful...even if her attempts to hype the crowd didn't have us jumping around for much longer than 10sec at a time.
yeule
A much improved performance from last year's Portland stop. SASAMI returned as guitar support as well as a live drummer, who played both kit and drumpads. Just under an hour set including encore.
The night ran for 13 songs in total, playing songs from both last year's Glitch Princess and last month's softscars, which marks an intriguing and rather noisy change of direction for yeule's music. They played guitar for roughly half the set much like SASAMI did with her set, not just during the "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty" solo guitar performance from last year (they also performed this yesterday). They even had some screamo moments near on the last few songs of the main set, like on "x w x."
Gotta say, "Bites On My Neck" went just as hard as last year if not more. Live drummer really elevates the volume, and both SASAMI and yeule dancing around, a total vibe. It's like if EDM had drops that warranted the buildup. One of my favorite pop-adjacent songs of the 20s.
Overall, enjoyable night. Still not convinced that yeule is excellent live, but this was a much better excursion.
Video of both "softscars" and "sulky baby" here:
