This was enough of a lineup that I pretty much had to drive up to Seattle to see the show. Drive up was easy, and I managed to find the Sunset Tavern without getting lost (amazingly). I arrived just before Fishboy started. I had been told earlier that it was just going to be a solo show, which almost dissuaded me, but it ended up being the full, four-person lineup. They opened with a couple of songs off Little D (including "Cheer Up, Great Pumpkin" which is one of my favourites), then launched into Albatross. I enjoyed seeing them perform Albatross in Portland, but seeing them do it with a four-person lineup in a club with good sound was incredible. I'm kind of amazed to say it, but they were pretty much the best band of the night.

I hadn't seen Tullycraft since the SF Popfest in 2003, so I was pretty excited to see them live. Sean seemed to be kind of bitter that anyone was there (since the Vaselines were also playing in Seattle the same night), but a pretty enjoyable set. Heavy on newer material, but I suppose that's to be expected.

BOAT were excellent. This was the first time I'd heard them do "Topps" live (since they had a couple other people to help out with vocals). I'm not sure it entirely makes sense to go on tour to support a single that's extremely hard to pull off live, but what do I know?