Wednesday, May 4, 2011  Deafheaven: Roads To Judah Record
Release   I had been looking forward to Deafheaven's record
release show for Roads to Judah at Sub Mission since it was
announced. I hadn't seen the band since January and at that time
the record had not yet come out. Since then I've been able to
spend time with the record and I can tell it's going to be one
of my favorite albums of the year. I wanted these photos to
reflect the overall feeling of their set, which consisted of
Roads to Judah in its entirety. The first few are black and
white to match the serene opening of 'Violet.' From the first
blast in 'Violet' everything just went crazy. The band sounded
so good as they ripped through the remaining three songs. I
don't know the guys in this band extremely well, but I still
couldn't help but feel proud of them, like I've known them for
much longer. The first time I saw them play was at Sub Mission,
to about half the amount of people, who stood shyly a distance
from the stage. Last night, George was