Roseland Ballroom
The single best word to describe this show is LOUD. It was definitely louder than the Mission of Burma show at Irving Plaza and that says something. Roseland Ballroom is noticeably larger 
than Irving Plaza. This show was so loud, that there was a sign on the merch booth written on a piece of cardboard (like a lunatic with a "The End Is Near" sign) that said, "MBV recommends you wear earplugs." That was a first for me. They were handing them out but I decided to bring my own pair based on what I had heard. I went a few songs without them and I couldn't do it. Even with the plugs in, they sounded amazing. It would have been easy for them to totally bleed all the distortion together to the point where it sounded like white noise but they didn't. Of course the highlight for me was "Only Shallow." To be honest, as excited as I was, I really only know a handful of their songs in a way to differentiate them from the rest. They never really stopped for longer than 3 seconds between songs. They just kept playing and playing. Then Kevin Shields said, "thanks for coming." Those were they only words of the night.
than Irving Plaza. This show was so loud, that there was a sign on the merch booth written on a piece of cardboard (like a lunatic with a "The End Is Near" sign) that said, "MBV recommends you wear earplugs." That was a first for me. They were handing them out but I decided to bring my own pair based on what I had heard. I went a few songs without them and I couldn't do it. Even with the plugs in, they sounded amazing. It would have been easy for them to totally bleed all the distortion together to the point where it sounded like white noise but they didn't. Of course the highlight for me was "Only Shallow." To be honest, as excited as I was, I really only know a handful of their songs in a way to differentiate them from the rest. They never really stopped for longer than 3 seconds between songs. They just kept playing and playing. Then Kevin Shields said, "thanks for coming." Those were they only words of the night.That was also when the shit hit the fan! They then went on into the loudest part of the night. A literal 15 minute distortion fest that sound like nothing but jet engines. It was so loud i had to see what it sounded like. I took out my earplugs and lasted maybe 10 seconds. They finished the sounds of engines with a 10 second melodic riff and walked of the stage. It was amazing.
Non Music Related High Point.
I had never experienced anything that loud and it had become apparent by looking around (so i know I wasn't the only weirdo there), you could feel your inner organs and bones vibrating to the music. It was intense!
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