Seryn @ the Hotel Utah
After spending the afternoon in Dolores Park with Karla and the crew, I stopped by home to freshen up then headed out towards SOMA. Next up for the evening: dinner & a concert by Seryn. Having gone up to Oregon and Washington after their show the previous weekend in Berkeley, they were going to play one more show in San Francisco before heading back home to Texas. As some have inferred by now, I tend to be rather — shall we say — evangelical when it comes to certain new bands I find, and for the show tonight I was able to convince ten people to go, half of them had never heard Seryn before. Woohoo! Gotta show the band some love.

Chrissy, Chad, Troy, and I grabbed a quick dinner of Indian food a few blocks from the venue, the Hotel Utah Saloon. This was my first show here, and it reminded me of the Hemlock Tavern — a bar with a small room attached with a stage. The Hotel Utah has a split level though and is only about nine strides deep, so there were only maybe 35 people in attendance. Our group took over half the balcony, overlooking the band. Also in attendance: Gregg and Sarah (they had been listening to the album all week), Christophe and his friend Paul (who I saw The Low Anthem with a few weeks back), Sean, John Shen, and then Sam, Praveen, and Justin from Karla’s birthday party (they swung by on their way to the Caltrain).

The band put on another terrific live show — loved the extra flourishes and jams they added to their album songs.



Everyone really enjoyed the show. After the show we went downstairs and practically everyone brought some merch. We ran into some of the bandmates outside (it’s hard not to, the venue is so small that Praveen ended up helping them get their drum out the door), and said we couldn’t wait for them to come back and play at a bigger venue. Their sound is so big.
Here is them playing the instrumental second half of On My Knees– watch for the short but sweet jam at 4:10 minute mark.
I can’t wait for this band to blow up. So good.
















