About half way through the MMXXII tour, Washed Out stopped in SF for a show at The Regency Ballroom. The Georgian known as the "godfather of chillwave" AKA Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., better known as Washed Out was finally on a proper tour for his 2020 album Purple Noon. More or less of half the shows were supported opening act by LANNDS and the other shows by opening act, Brijean. On January 22nd, Brijean opened the show.
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| Washed Out @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Washed Out Purple Noon album cover |
The music from both bands prescribed a chill night yet as the room filled in, the amped energy of the crowd was uncharacteristically rowdy for the bands they were there to see. They weren't rowdily dancing but they were loud and not polite. It was as if they were there because they just wanted something to do on a Saturday night. The show was well sold but being that we were at a chillwave show, there was a startling amount of seemingly out of place bros there.
Oh San Francisco, so diverse you never know what kind of crowd you're going to find yourself in.
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| Brijean @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Brijean @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
Brijean hit the stage to a room full of people and conversation. The Bay Area based duo who had opened for DRAMA last October, did their best to weather storm with their moody bongo vibes, a great precursor for what was up next.
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| Brijean @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Nikki DeMartini |
Colorful lights from Brijean gave way to bright lights and fog washing out the stage for the headliners. A dreaminess smoldered from where Greene leisurely stood behind a synthesizer, keyboard situation and as impressionistic indie hymns washed over the crowd there was a calming affect comingling in the chaotic air. Each twinkling note offering a mature sense of a euphoric passage. Hidden in the looming shadows and murky atmosphere, Greene kept to himself for the most part as Washed Out lit up the night like the light at the end of a tunnel.
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| Washed Out @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Marc Fong |
Though Washed Out played at The Phoenix Hotel on the outskirts of the infamous Tenderloin district of San Francisco last year, this tour was the light at the end of the tunnel for Washed Out.
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| Washed Out @ The Regency Ballroom 1/22/2022 photo by Nikki DeMartini |
The MMXXII tour is over but Washed Out is still chugging along. He'll be bringing the chill to One Big Holiday in Cancun on March 2nd then back to the States for Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival in Florida on March 3rd.
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