Another Sunday, another trip to DeKalb for a show at the House. This time however, was special. The DeKalb/Sycamore trio, The Patience, were playing their first headlining show in the venue. Coming from someone who has championed this band before, there was much to enjoy from their all-too-short set. The girls are getting stronger as a group and remain endearing even when they mess up onstage. For a newcomer (or a fan of the opening bands) it might have looked peculiar for the least professional looking band headlining the bill. But the Patience succeed because they seem to check their ambitions at the foot of the stage and just perform without an ounce of pretension. Flubbed notes and technical glitches are easily excused when you've got three girls - two of them high quality singers - being themselves, not striking a pose imitating a trendy sound. I wish them nothing but the best.
Thankfully too, that lack of pretension permeated in the more conventional sounding opening acts, as Truman & the Trophy and Eagle Scout impressed me as much with their own sense of melody and song construction as they did with their pop-punk+synth influenced energy.
The Patience
Truman & his Trophy
Eagle Scout
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