Live Shows: TELL, D-Tension and the Secrets, The Daylilies, and Charming Arson, The Middle East, Cambridge, MA 2/9/24
Friday saw the release of TELL's new album, Life in Reverse. It also saw the band play a killer quadruple bill of local bands that included D-Tension and the Secrets, The Daylilies, and Charming Arson. It was one of those nights that was jam packed with shows, but after going to this one I had zero FOMO. Charming Arson were the only band I was completely unfamiliar with going into Friday night's show. To me they seemed like a band that formed in college back in the 90's and played the on campus pub a bunch as well as every house party. And one that never broke up and played when the members could all make it work out. That isn't meant as a dig, because the result was pretty great. They're a solid alt-rock band that were having a bunch of fun on stage and might have had the most dedicated fans of the night. TELL played next, and as much as I like Life in Reverse , I absolutely loved their live show. Live they had an unexpected ferocity, and the new songs have a compl...