May 5th, 2023
My mom and my sisters always love to see Joseph any chance we get. I think the majority of us have seen them 5 times total, though not all perfectly together. I have personally seen Joseph in Club Dada in 2017, Trees a little later in 2017, at ACL in 2019, at the Kessler in 2022, and most recently at the Hi-Fi and Echo Lounge in 2023. I wish I could take the credit for discovering Joseph and passing them along to the other girls in my family, but this was once again a band introduced to us by our mom, which is why we all always go together. My sisters are all beautifully talented enough to have a band of their own if they really put their minds to writing songs, but for now, they spend a lot of their free time recording covers with one another. They've covered quite a few Joseph songs together, which I think is a big part of why I am so fond of their music after all this time. As I have gotten older, I tend to favor music that is extravagantly produced with a full band behind it, but I do often circle back to more acoustic kinds of sets and recordings as well because my sisters are still so drawn to music like that. Anything with stripped-back instrumentals, good harmonies, and meaningful lyrics is always going to get the Payne girls listening, and Joseph has had us successfully hooked for years.
They are also a sister band, which is another thing I love to see in the music industry. Anyone who knows me at all knows my sisters are my best friends on planet Earth. We all still lived under the same roof until the beginning of this past school year and we have not had any problems with getting along since leaving our overlapping "moody teenager" phases years ago. We do everything we can together, and as big music people, we often share concert experiences with one another. Seeing anyone in concert with one of my sisters is always going to be my favorite, but seeing a band of sisters with all of my sisters is incredible every time. Of course, my mom attends the shows too, but she prefers her designated seat on the balcony rather than standing in the general admission crowd, so we always meet up with her after the show and talk about our favorite songs and moments with her on the car ride home.
Joseph's latest album is incredibly written. The girls in my household had been counting down the days until the release, especially since the singles made their live debut on Joseph's last tour. They never disappoint with their performances, setlists, outfits, or energy on stage. Each and every show we have attended has been special and intimate in its own unique way, and it has been so amazing to see them year after year with my sisters and my mom on each tour.
May 7th, 2023
This was another long-awaited sister concert! My mom did not go with us to see Lizzy McAlpine, but this was one of the special shows that all four of my sisters attended together. A full weekend of sister shows is something that does not happen as often for us now that my 19-year-old sister has moved a few hours away, so this was a special little treat to have right before my college graduation the following weekend.
We have been fans of Lizzy together for several years. We discovered her together on Tiktok and have spent years sending her songs back and forth to one another. We had tickets to see her on her "Five Seconds Flat" tour, but the show was canceled the day of. The anticipation of this show in particular has been building up for years and it was only heightened by our missed opportunity to see her last year, so this was a surreal experience for us to share together. I saw so many of my concert friends I have met at other local shows here and we made a lot of new friends as well, which is always one of my favorite takeaways from a live music experience. As expected, Lizzy herself was perfect and the show was incredible from start to finish. Our experience overall was very low maintenance, all laid-back and everything went very smoothly, which was just another very pleasant thing to add to the existing mix.
I am super grateful to have seen Lizzy tour with her five seconds flat album before she announces her next one, especially with the cancelation of our previous show leading up to this moment. It was everything we could have hoped for and more, and I can't wait to see her continue to grow as an artist and with her following through the rest of her career. She was and always will be incredible.
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