Summer Cannibals Setlist

All It Takes
Something New
WTF
Full Of It
The Lover
Just a Little Bit
Bitch
Not Enough
Not Your Turn
Go Home
No Makeup

Portland’s Summer Cannibals recently stopped by the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, August 19th, in support of their latest album Show Us Your Mind.

Locals Catbath and Hollow Boys opened up the show, both with brief 25-minute sets. We previously seen the former with Polyphonic Spree in 2014, while the latter sounded a bit shoegazey. Hollow Boys’ set: “Wrong”, “Someday”, “Spellfreaker”, “Melted”, and “Savepoint.”

Closing out the show was headliner Shadow in the Cracks, featuring brothers Jim and Mike Blaha of The Blind Shake. The singer had to sit down during his set because he needed his foot for the bass drum. They were guitar-driven, sometime with distorted vocals and sang depressing songs like “Lonely, Lonely, Lonely Time”.

We previously caught the punk/garage Summer Cannibals opening up for Chvrches last year. They’re back in Minneapolis for their latest album Show Us Your Mind. Right away, I really like their energy, and I feel singer Jessica Boudreaux sounded like some of my favorite 90s bands riot acts, like The Smears, L7, or even Babes in Toyland. I actually knew a few people that had never heard of Summer Cannibals, but took a chance on the show last night, and instantly became fans.

As you can see from their setlist, only a few songs near the beginning were actual titles from Show Us Your Mind. The rest were either not recorded yet, or were cryptic names for other titles.

The oddest moment was when Marc Swart said something how it was nice to be back in Minnesota and how he saw a loon. Boudreaux clarified, “Like the animal?!? He’s lying, we’ve been inside all day.” Maybe she should have dedicated their song “Full Of It” to Swart.

Midway into their 30-min set, they mentioned how beautiful it was here, and a fan suggested they move to Minneapolis. When the band said, it was too cold… of course, no one disagreed.

Summer Cannibals’ Show Us Your Mind is out now.