Lunatic Fringe

In hardship lies opportunity. Perhaps the purpose of the challenges we face in life is to see how far you can go before you break. Once the dust has settled and you have risen, look around. You'll realize you've been blessed with experience, perspective, and over the course of the journey to where you are from where you once were, a lot more room to do all the things you wanted to do when you were timid.

Checked out KOL Sunday night with some good company. The weather threatened for most of the day, though in the end it was much to-do about nothing, as it turned out to be quite a nice night to be outdoors. Caught a few songs from the opening act, The Whigs, a southern rock outfit from Athens, Georgia. I enjoyed their sound, but nothing jumped out at me to wow me. The set change was quick and punctual, and then the Kings came out. Lead singer Caleb Followill clearly did not appear to be entirely pleased with his vocals throughout the concert, and eventually said as much at a point or two throughout the set. I was impressed with the sound the guys put out, the rhythm section has a good rapport (surprise, surprise), and lead guitarist Matthew has some interesting takes on sonic production while playing, which I appreciated. I felt like there was decidedly an energy lacking, which was covered up (attempted) by the blinding light show they had going on behind them. All in all, the Kings hav