It started with the Hay Loft a Creakin'...

Venue: Edmonton Events Center

Guests: Brad, Rhonda and Scott
Tickets: $20

We luckily got primo seats in the center of the tiered seating area. The security at EEC is a little strange, they always do a pat down, but they always seem so disorganized, no matter how many shows I've  been to there. They take a really long time getting people in the door, and once Brad and Rhonda were there 90 minutes after we got in, we wanted to nip to the food court and grad a bite to eat, and they were super retentive about us not being allowed out until all the people were in... Whale Tooth opened up, but missed most of the set due to the delay getting out of the venue, but they sounded decent.

Mother Mother:

Setlist:

1. O My Heart
2. Original Spin
3. Simply Simple
4. Problems
5. Born In a Flash
6. Ghosting
7. Dirty Town
8. Baby Don't Dance
9. Polynesia
10. Chasing It Down
11. Angry Sea
12. The Stand
13. Body Of Years
14. (Improv)
15. Hayloft
16. Wrecking Ball
17. Calm Me Down
18. Verbatim
19. Neighbour
20. Burning Pile

I really enjoyed the set! The band played a great show, though they seemed a little overwhelmed by the size of the venue and a sold out crowd, but the sound was good, they had good flow between the songs and the atmosphere was actually really good in the EEC, which can be hard to do since it's a unusual space.

Now based in Vancouver, the band initially was from a little island off Campbell River called Quadra Island. It's an island near and dear to us Neufelds, since Scott went to camp there for many formative years of his adolescence. The band is relatively new, starting up in 2005, with a brother and sister at it's core: Ryan and Molly Guldemond, joined by Ali Siadat, Jeremy Page and Jasmin Parkin.