Holy cow.

Pretty unassuming trio of guys, right? Nothing in this photo would ever lead you to believe that they were capable of producing the best small-venue concert of my life to this point. These are Doves, and they currently rule my musical world. I'm not even going to try to describe Friday's show other than to say, every time I was feeling fully satisfied, thinking they had played all the songs I wanted to hear, they would start into another of my favorites. The five-week break since their last show worked in the audience's favor, since the band was fired up to be back onstage and were clearly feeding off the crowd response. It also helped that the Vic was a great venue. We stood in a couple different spots during the show, and the sound and view of the stage was always good. Even the lighting kicked ass, and that hardly ever registers with me. Two hours of straight-up bliss.