This Will Destroy You

One of the best performances I have been to in a long time. I highly recommend seeing them live if you haven t already.

The two opening "bands" were pretty lame, couldn't tell if it was because they just sucked or if the sound quality was just bad, but neither of the first two bands were good at all. The main band was very good though, and I enjoyed listening to them a lot! The only other comments I would make would be that it was a little cold in Hell and the lighting wasn't great to take pictures of the band, but that's just minor stuff.

The intimate setting of The Masquerade's Hell in combination with the overall atmosphere of This Will Destroy You's music provided for a truly mesmerizing experience. The way I look at it, post-rock shows can go either way, but TWDY has a special way of keeping their audience transfixed and entertained. The polished sound that they emanate, the overall "togetherness" they have during their performance as well as the passion that they have for their music (they got very "into it") are all factors that made this show a great one. There were some brief minor technical difficulties during the show, but they handled it very professionally. I hope this band continues to experience growing success. 5 stars. Don't miss this band.

About seven years ago I had the pleasure of seeing This Will Destroy You's fellow Texas-based Post-Rock act Explosions In the Sky for the first time. Since then, I've explored instrumental/Post-Rock rock in greater depth, including but not limited to similar acts like Sigur Ros, Caspian, Pray For Sound, Lavinia, Mono, and Godspeed! You Black Emperor. When I first arrived at the show, a man was playing distorted violin solo and looping over it. It was not far removed from Godspeed! You Black Emperor's performance when they opened for Nine Inch Nails on their most recent visit to the TD Garden. It's not uncommon for songs in this style of music to last for 10 minutes or more, but with minimal variation I have no problems telling you that it went from atmospheric to needlessly indulgent after more than 15 minutes. Not something I would leave my house to go see, but I've waited through worse. The other opener, a band called Future Death, ranks amongst bands like Danko Jones as one of, if not the, worst opening acts I've seen. For 40 minutes they did their best attempt to marry the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Joan Jett. I stood in front of the soundboard and the vocals were completely buried. The battered drumset looked like it was purchased that afternoon off Craigslist, complete with broken cymbals. It looked, sounded like, and was performed with the same level of professionalism and competence as a high school garage band. I am not wholly biased against opening acts. When I saw Caspian, I was pleasantly surprised by the opener Junius and became a fan. I learned about Explosions In the Sky through their own support of a national act. But Future Death is not worth your time or your money. If they open another concert I go to I will make certain I arrive late. Once This Will Destroy You took the stage, their set was much more professional than Future Death's. At one point someone shouted out a request, and similar to how I heard Explosions In the Sky explain that they don't do encores, This Will Destroy You explained that they rehearse their set as-is and I can respect that. Measured against their contemporaries, they are a slightly below Explosions In the Sky (albeit more electronic) and on this particular night were nowhere near as good as Caspian or Junius.

Fun group, a bit different but in a good way. Would see them again for sure.

This Will Destroy You was perfect as usual, but the event itself was hardly satisfying. The performance started at 9pm instead of 8 (as what was written on the tickets), and TWDY played at 11. We could have saved a lot of time and efforts rushing to the venue if we knew there were two other bands playing in advance. Most of the audience were great, but a group of people near the bar talked and laughed constantly, and a bunch of idiots right in front of the stage, who clearly didn't care about the band, kept shouting, pushing and even shoving people throughout the show. Such an annoying distraction - Bowery Ballroom should do something to prevent this from happening again.

fun group to catch. different but real fun. i would see them again.

Very well performed show. Band was very professional and on point. The entire band wore "Wayne's World" Hats and Wayne Wigs to go with for the whole show to celebrate Halloween. Strongly recommend seeing this band live if you're a Post Rock / Prog Rock Fan.

This band sounds amazing on their records, and the music truly translated into their live performance. The walls of sound they created with only four people were both impressive and moving. The venue was gorgeous, and the crowd was small yet respectful and into it. The only criticism I may have is that sometimes, the drums were a little too high in the mix, but even that was not a constant problem.

This was an awesome show. A Far Cry, the string orchestra was incredible, animated and I loved how they played alongside the other bands for the entire show. I've never been so close to an orchestra before! It was a great experience and I really felt the emotion in their music. A Slow Six and TWDY were just as impressive. All in all a great performance! Roayale was cool venue for the show but a little big for the amount of people that attended.

roadtirp for one of the best instrumental bands ever.

Great acoustics, perfect set. Was an overall good scene.

Well as an overall I would just like to say that the show was absolutely amazing. Honestly though there has not been any disappointment's. I saw "This Will Destroy You" about a year ago at the new knitting Factory in Williamsburg and even then they where phenominal. They never stop giving a performance that is not worth staying for the whole set. Although I do wish that they had played a lot more of there songs. I have about 3-4 albums by them and all of there albums all posses the ability to grab whatever emotions, if you don't already have, that you have and open the gates of "Intensity". There an amazing band that I highly recommend for anyone to watch live or listen to on CD. I'm super stoked that I was able to see them while there still on tour.

These guys just killed it. First time seeing them and definitely not my last. I brought a friend who had never listened to them before and she was absolutely blown away. Bowery Ballroom affirmed yet again as my favorite small venue in the city. On a negative note, NYC usually has a ton of class when it comes to music of any kind, but TWDY didn't get the love they deserve. Overly intoxicated hipsters couldn't keep their mouths shut during the set, and on top of that started heckling the band towards the end. Do everyone a favor and stay home if you're going to act like an asshole. While I paid them little mind, I hope the band knows that we're all not self-important douches and come back again soon.

First guy was ok, I guess, but not really the right crowd, and sound was distorted and muffled. Second band was pretty tight for their 6th show ever, but I didn't personally like them. Sound quality was lacking. This Will Destroy You was awesome, and made it worth it. Sound quality was awesome. (Because they have their own sound guy?) There were some loud people yelling over each other in the back distracting from the music, to the point that the band had to stop and tell them to shut up. This should be the bouncer/security's job, not the band's. The security guy didn't seem to be doing anything, just wandering around.

It was a pretty good show. I have never been to the Brighton Music Hall before. The venue was cool and clean, drinks were expensive, but what can you do? I would definitely go back. I have never heard This Will Destroy You live before so I don't have anything to compare this performance to, but I felt like they were too loud. I don't know if it was intentional or the sound guy wasn't paying attention. If I wanted to feel bass in my chest I'll go to a dub show. The opening groups were good, eclectic. The sound was loud, but okay for them. It was nice that the venue was selling earplugs at the door, but they really should be complimentary.

Tickets were only $12, but the music was worth $120 or more. The tickets were cheap and the show was great. My only (minor) drawback was that most material played was from the new album, but they did just release it a few weeks ago, so that's to be expected, and the music was good anyways.

I will always make a point of seeing these guys when they're in the area, but this wasn't one of their best shows. Not their fault at all, the sound mixing was just way the hell off. I think the bass actually blew one of the PA speakers, and then in the second half the drums were too loud. Nonetheless, a great mix of old and new stuff. They played my 2 favorite songs, Burial on Presidio Banks and There are some remedies...; so that was great, but both songs have amazing "wall of sound" moments on the records that got lost live because Chris' guitar was too low in the mix.