L.A. Electronic Band Hits San Francisco

We dreamt about it; that night we fell in love at the Baths concert in San Francisco. It was a sold out show at the Independent on Divisidero, a popular venue centrally located in SF.
The electronic band Baths is made up by one single man from L.A., 21-year-old Will Wiesendfeld. He produced and created all of his music, but for live performances includes a second bandmate, musician Morgan Greenfield. The duo has a magnetic chemistry on stage, bringing the DJ-esq show more intriguing to watch.

Baths laid down some sick beats, no doubt. With a melodic tune on the guitar and floating bubble sounds, the headnod test succeeded 50% of the time. A skinny girl in a striped shirt crossed her arms for the duration of the show. I overheard another say “he’s got mad beats but I hate his voice”. Wiesendfeld does provide ultimately unique vocals in high frequencies. It could be blamed on the dude working the sound board, butoverall, the show just wasn’t pleasurable to the ear. He had some issues with high frequency sounds, making it aesthetically displeasing.

I was able to hear Wiesendfeld’s music composure. He would mix light, airy sounds into west coast bass and tron-like scraps on top. You can see his post-punk soul, or more accurately hear it in the screaming emo ballads.

Maybe emo is out of style.
On the way out of the bathroom a chick said it was the worst show she’s ever seen.
Atleast the lighting was great.

Wiesendfeld said San Francisco is his “favorite city to play in”. Though seemingly, it’s every band’s favorite city to play in. He announced a new album on the way with use of faulty technology… it was a bit confusing, but it could mean that distortion is trending??? Wiesendfeld described his creative process to be “just add shit on the computer and wing it”.

The show it’s self was clearly catered to audio nerds. All around us were boys with beanies and grown out hair. The performance was fairly reserved, separating it from a club set. It was clear the rest of the audience was not there to dance anyways: they were there to nerd out on some live beat making and chill with the homies.

Needless to say, the Faculty recommends his produced albums on some bumpin' speakers in a room you can dance-like-crazy in. The album Ocean Death (2015) is absolutely rockin’. I’ve listened to and have seen his live shows online and quite enjoyed them in the moment. I expected more out of this live performance and it was not delivered for me and obviously several other audience members. 
So it wasn’t the night we fell in love at the Baths concert. So what? Catch me at another show with another band.