Bad Suns - Firefly 2015

Festival Plan: I'll go watch Bad Suns instead of PHOX, because it's near Bahamas and comes before Hozier.

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Relevant Links:
Bad Suns at Firefly 2015 (setlist.fm)
Bad Suns (Wikipedia.org)

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Pre-Festival Thoughts:
The band occasionally sounds a bit like The Killers. Overall, they have a pretty good sound.

However, none of their songs caught my attention. I assigned the band a 6.1 out of 10 for their music and a 6 out of 10 for my desire to see them perform.

After Firefly released the daily schedules, I didn't know if I wanted to see PHOX (6.7 out of 10; 7 out of 10) or Bad Suns.

Ultimately however, the choice was a matter of convenience: Bad Suns were playing on the Porch Stage which was next to the Lawn Stage where Bahamas just played and where Hozier would soon be playing.

Above Average: 'Dancing On Quicksand'
Slightly Above Average: ~
On The Fence: ~

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Setlist:
-- instead of standing near the stage, I decided to just listen to Bad Suns from a distance
1) [setlist.fm: Transpose]
2) [setlist.fm: Take My Love and Run]
3) Dancing On Quicksand
4) [setlist.fm: Matthew James]
5) 20 Years
6) Pretend
7) Learn to Trust
8) [setlist.fm: Sleep Paralysis]
9) [setlist.fm: Rearview]
10) [setlist.fm: We Move Like The Ocean]
11) Cardiac Arrest
12) [setlist.fm: Salt]

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Post-Festival Thoughts:
Sitting quite far from the stage, it was easy for me to disassociate myself from the performance and not hear the music.

In hindsight, this was a bit unfortunate, because Bad Suns have some solid tracks. In particular, I like 'Rearview,' 'Cardiac Arrest,' and 'Learn to Trust' (starting with the most-liked).