Dave Hause live in Hahnstätten
Yesterday, I was at my first concert since 2019: Dave Hause (along with Tim Hause) played in a garden in the middle of nowhere between Cologne and Frankfurt (Hahnstätten). What a relief! What a joy! And what an almost sacred feeling of cherishing music, hand-made and live, intense, soft, deep, flawed, spontaneous. Speaking of which, after the premiere of a brand new track (“Little Wings”) and a stunning rendition of “Saboteurs” came “Damascus” followed by an unplanned performance of the entire “Devour” album, which was then followed by the actual set. 25 songs, 2 hours, old and new, energetic and emphatic.
The audience was a bit shy, hell, I was shy. Can we sing along? Whistle? The dog next door had fewer reservations; he gladly barked whenever the audience clapped and also sometimes during the songs. The church bells at 9 pm interrupted the show for a minute or two. The audience was attentive, to say the least. No chatting, no murmuring, no stage-diving, either. “The Flinch” was one of my favourite songs of the evening. “Sandy Sheets” brought happiness and lightness and summer despite the chilly evening air. Thankfully there was no rain. Ending with “Fireflies” underneath the lightbulb cable in the tiny stage pavilion, the Hause brothers once again brought all the feelings, leaving everyone happy and moved.
- Little Wings
- Saboteurs
- Damascus
- The Great Depression
- We Could Be Kings
- Same Disease
- Before
- Father’s Son
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Becoming Secular
- The Shine
- Bricks
- Benediction
- Autism Vaccine Blues
- Shaky Jesus
- High Hopes
- Hanalei
- The Flinch
- Civil Lies
- Time Will Tell
- Surfboard
- Sunshine
- C’mon Kid
- Sandy Sheets
- Fireflies