Wiretree kicked off the show to a crowd smaller than what their playing deserved. The four showcased a sound different from their first album’s showing, now slipping into a more nerd-rock-meets-rockabilly sound that echoed of Nineties bands like Weezer, leading me to half expect one of their songs to lead into “Surf Wax America.” One thing for certain about Wiretree: their onstage personality is quite a different beast than their album one. Whether it is just an attitude change between the two albums or something else, ‘Tree had me rocking along with them a lot more than their peaceful first-album fare. Impressively dominating the stage given the size of the band, lead-singer Kevin Peroni takes care of the vocal work all on his own while switching effortlessly between electric and acoustic – the acoustic which, interestingly enough, didn’t do the regular slowing down of the concert, but rather kept the intensity and momentum of the show up while giving a different taste. After an impressive cover of a Dylan tune, Wiretree showed that their new sound was a definite razor-sharpening of their early, butter-knife edge. New album drops in the next couple of months.

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