The Cribs Setlist

Mirror Kissers
Different Angle
Come On, Be a No-One
An Ivory Hand
You Were Always the One
Another Number
Our Bovine Public
Hey Scenesters!
Back to the Bolthole
Burning For No One
Be Safe
Summer of Chances
I’m a Realist
Men’s Needs
Pink Snow

Tour Dates

09/21/15 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
09/22/15 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
09/23/15 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
09/25/15 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
09/26/15 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
10/19/15 Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle
10/20/15 Glasgow Barrowland
10/21/15 Manchester Albert Hall
10/24/15 Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield
10/25/15 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol
10/26/15 Nottingham Rock City
10/28/15 London Roundhouse
10/29/15 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
10/30/15 Portsmouth Pyramid Centre

West Yorkshire’s The Cribs recently made a stop at the Turf Club in St Paul. Although the band has played Minneapolis many times, this is only the band’s second St Paul show in eight years, on the eve of the infamous I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse (August 1st, 2007).

Opening up the show was London/Berlin-based, Norwegian-born musician Farao (aka Kari Jahnsen). It was lucky we saw the singer/songwriter at all, as her appearance almost didn’t happen! Absolutely no thanks to the immigration office that set her back three hours, forcing her to miss two missed flights (with, of course, her synth was sent on the wrong plane). Her Visa woes continued as she was forced to cancel her Canadian appearance over this past weekend.

Although Farao can play a vast variety of instruments (guitars, synths, organs, glockenspiel, sitar), she admittedly does not play the drums – so for this tour, she’s joined on stage by an unnamed drummer (possibly Moddi’s Jørgen Nordby?)

Anyway, we were very happy to have caught her spooky, atmospheric, and not to mention, very first ever US show, at the Turf Club. Her slightly under 30 minutes set featured some tracks from her critically acclaimed album Till It’s All Forgotten (Arts & Crafts), including “TIAF” and her set closer “Hunter”.

I think it’s best summed up by The Cribs‘ guitarist/vocalist Ryan Jarman as he exclaimed, “Let’s rock like it’s 2007!” referring to their first St Paul show.

The trio, featuring twins Ryan & Gary, and younger brother Ross Jarman, are currently touring in support of their sixth studio album For All My Sisters, which came out last March 2015 via Sonic Blew / Sony RED UK.

Only a handful of new tracks (“Different Angle”, “An Ivory Hand”, “Burning For No One”, “Summer Of Chances”, and set closer “Pink Snow”) were played, instead the trio picked some fan-favorite tracks like “Come on, be a No-One” from 2012’s In the Belly of the Brazen Bull and “Our Bovine Public”, the intro track from 2007’s Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever.

Early in their set, Ryan noted that his monitor wasn’t working, but instead of waiting for the sound engineer to rectify the problem, the Ryan just said, “F*** it, let’s just do this f**** thing. The Beatles didn’t need monitors!”

We were treated to “Hey Scenesters!” in their middle of their set, which is now kind of rare, since they don’t normally perform this song on many of their other US appearance.

The song, although not one of their stronger song (let’s just admit it: it’s a simple song with simple lyrics), it does hold a special place in our hearts because it’s the first Cribs song we wrote about in 2007.

Older favorites, hit singles, “I’m a Realist” and “Men’s Needs” went over well with the audience jumping up and down.

The actual closing song “Pink Snow”, will probably land in our new favorite songs from the Cribs. As they exit, the twin brothers created a little chaotic feedback, while Gary climbed on the drum kit and jammed his bass into the Turf Club’s ceiling.

What a way to end the show, I guess we’ll just see them in another “eight years or so.”

The Cribs’ For All My Sisters is out now.