I'm like a little girl.

Copeland was fucking phenomenal last night. It was one of the best shows I have ever been to. I love that band.

So we walk in about midway through the opening act (Lights - a indie hipster/bright color/keyboard/dancey band)and we mozy our way up to about where the sound board is (the show was packed!)and I look to my right and standing a foot away from me was Aaron from Copeland in all of his glory. I was too scared to say anything and I didn't want to make a big scene since he was in the middle of the crowd.

Anyways, Lydia was supposed to play next but they crashed their van into a deer the night before and totaled it. Love Drug came on instead. I never really could get into them when listening to them before the show and it didn't really change. They were good, but the singer's voice bothered me after a while.

Then Copeland came on. There was just an energy in the room and I could tell that it was going to be a good night. It started off with just Aaron singing and playing piano to Strange and Unprepared off of the new album. Then they played another song off of the new album before Aaron switched to guitar and they started playing old stuff. They went right into No One Really Wins and then When Paula Sparks. Hearing everyone sing along was so awesome. They then played a mix of old and new the rest of the night with Aaron switching back and forth between piano and guitar and even played Brightest off of their first album. It was beautiful. They ended their regular set with the song You Have My Attention. I know a lot of Copeland fans love this song, but I would have rather heard something else. Oh well.

They then came on for a one song encore and it was California. Just typing this right now is giving me the same chills that I felt last night. I'm going to assume most of you don't know the song, so I'll explain it. On the recording it is a 5:30 minute long song with the first 4:30 minutes being acoustic before it builds up to a full band ending. Basically, it's epic as fuck. Well, instead of doing it that way, they started off the song full band and skipped the first chorus. I was like, "ok, this is a little frustrating but I can dig this." It then got to where the second chorus is and that's when I started getting the chills. The whole band cut out except Aaron and he sang the chorus while just playing the chords on his guitar. Hearing everyone in the crowd sing along with the words and then have the full band come in just made it that much more spectacular.

This band rules and I can't wait to see them again.