Dry the River at The Horseshoe

English band Dry the River stopped by Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on their tour supporting their August release Alarms In The Heart. I found their music to invoke words like beautiful, dynamic, soaring and choral.

I was so thankful that Peter Liddle called out the chatty in the crowd by suggesting that if they want to have a conversation they could to go the other room. This is one of my personal pet peeves and when you see a band with as much dynamic range as Dry the River, the chatty in the crowd interfere more than usual. When you go to see a live band in a venue like The Horseshoe, I think you should pay them some respect by actually listening to them.

Here are some highlights from their setlist.

"Hidden Hand"

"New Ceremony"

"Gethsemane"

"Everlasting Light"

"Lion's Den"

"No Rest" closed the main set

"Weights and Measures"