Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at The Studio at Webster Hall (August 1, 2015)

In early August Springfield, Missouri rockers Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin returned to New York for an intimate performance at The Studio at Webster Hall (I last saw them here in 2013, upstairs at The Marlin Room). Also opening the show were Philadelphia’s Joy Riding and local Brooklyn group Portuguese Bend.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin returned with new album The High Country in May, released via Polyvinyl Records. The group, led by frontman Philip Dickey, powered through an energetic performance of their indie-pop gems, consisting of songs both old and new. Although the presence of former singer and bandmate John Robert Cardwell was missed at moments, the return of founding member Tom Hembree is certainly welcome.

The group gave us everything they had, delivering a fun 21-song set of everything you’d want to hear, from older cuts like “Modern Mystery,” “Oregon Girl,” “Glue Girls,” and newer favorites like “Nightwater Girlfriend” and “Song Will.”

Seeing the band a few times now, I’ve noticed that all fans who attend their shows aren’t casual fans. It doesn’t seem like you simply stumble into a Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin show, you’re there because you want to sing back every lyric and absorb all of that power-pop guitar rock goodness.

Hope that the guys return to New York again soon, we’ll be waiting for them.

Find photos of all three acts posted below, along with SSLYBY’s setlist.

Setlist:

1. All Hail Dracula!
2. Young Presidents
3. Line on You
4. Back in the Saddle
5. Song Will
6. Half Awake
7. Trevor Forever
8. Full Possession of All Her Powers
9. We Can Win Missouri!
10. Think I Wanna Die
11. Total Meltdown
12. Glue Girls
13. House Fire
14. Goal Mind
15. Nightwater Girlfriend
16. Dead Right
17. Boring Fountain
18. Modern Mystery
19. Sink / Let it Sway