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Rev Dave and I attended the Throw Me The Statue show at Schuba’s this past Friday night, and for the most part it was pretty enjoyable. Aside from some not-so-funny-at-all and cliche-ridden Chicago-themed jokes that ended up taking up time that could have been used to play one more song or two, the Seattle-based band was spot on and the performance was more than satisfactory. Offering slightly less electronic and slightly more live sounding versions of standouts from their initial offering, Moonbeams, including “Lolita,” “Young Sensualists,” and “About to Walk,” which was the show’s closer, the band showed that they were not just another over-produced indie outfit. And that’s always one of my concerns when seeing a new hot band like TMTS, especially one whose first record I’ve been obsessing over for months before actually seeing them live.

I would have liked to stay for Ruby Suns and Bodies of Water, but that just wasn’t in the cards that night. I also would have liked to hear “This Is How We Kiss,” but I can only assume that was one of the songs the TMTS guys had to drop due to their banter — they seemed surprised at the end of their set when the sound guy said they only had time for one more song. I’m glad they chose “About to Walk,” though, as it’s definitely one of my favorites on the record. I hope we see a lot more from these guys in the future.

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