You know its gonna be one of those nights when you approach the bar to find your bandmates trading in both of their drink tickets at once for a Long Island iced tea (which are generally much more long island than iced tea). Needless to say that by 8:30 pm last night at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco I knew it was going to be one of those nights.

Those nights that can really go either way. Up or down. You either:

A. perform really honestly and deliver a superior performance as you are loose and uninhibited from libations causing the exact “yes this band is gettin’ it on!”

Or

B: perform really honestly and deliver a subpar drunken performance that causes people to smile and say aww how cute, they’re drunk. Boring.

Of course the real kicker of this type situation is the fact that no one on the performer side of the fence can really deliver an honest opinion of the outcome of the situation by virtue of the fact that they are involved to begin with.

However a nice satisfying caveat in this whole scenario is the fact we are traveling with the dear, sweet, talented and long suffering iPhone operator/tour manager Brianne Mees who—though she is most certainly in bed with the band so to speak—is a ruthless critic of Grown Children performances. She informed us shortly after the set (which was most definitely hot, sweaty and included a fair amount of jump kicking and hand motioning of specific lyrics, Megan spending most of several songs in the crowd, and one mic breaking) that it was indeed the former. Phew.

Also:

Great: mexican food on haight street
Cool: air, oh my goodness 40 degrees cooler than Sacramento that morning
Lots: of people in the unbeatable Photons
Ass: kicked by Geographer. This is easily one of the best bands in San Francisco
White: we wore it.
Brown: James—has so much love to give.

“Jared is being nicer now for the record” – everyone

So. Hot. Right. Now. Again.
180 miles to Los Angeles.

Links:
Jared Mees & the Grown ChildrenSpace

Photos courtesy of Jared Mees and crew

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