Strange, sad, beautiful, mesmerizing, tormented, odd and lovely. Though early on the onstage sound was a distraction for her Chan held the crowd mesmerized in near silence for the first of her two shows. Showing up almost 50 minutes after the posted start time is not acceptable for most artist the crowd still seemed to appreciate every quirky, delicious note she played.
She tried to make up for her late arrival, she said, by playing as many songs as possible. Moving almost continuously from song to song for a little over two hours with barely a break she played a wide variety of her recordings from over the years going all the way back to her earliest. Their were plenty of rearranged versions of her songs as one might expect and the performances were all wonderful.
The lighting made the mood very intimate, if a little odd, as it was almost impossible to see anything with just dim red light. People were near silent throughout the show with one coked up stalker who kept yelling "I love you" and wouldn't stop talking near me until someone told him off. Overall it was a fantastic, if slightly erratic, show with a classic Chan Marshall gritty, weird and wonderful vibe.