Semi Precious Weapons NYC 7-07 CD Release Party
Justin Tranter sings to the crowd photo by: Leslie DJ
If you attend a Semi Precious Weapons party chances are you’ll leave sticky and covered in champagne. It was a blistering hot summer night in New York City and fans bravely got dressed in their best rock n roll inspired apparel, pumps and full-face makeup during the city’s record breaking heat wave.
Fans can't get enough of Cole Whittle photo by: Leslie DJ
Lady Starlight DJ’ed the event, spinning classic rock tunes well into the hours of the early morning, playing everything from the Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” to Queen’s “Fat Bottom Girls.” The party was in celebration of Semi Precious Weapons’ major label full-length debut album, “You Love You.” The album was released last Tuesday (on June 28th) and already the crowd was shouting out requests. Cries of “Statues!” (regarding the track “Statues of Ourselves”) could be heard among the drunken crowd.
It was well after 1:00 a.m. and the 21-years-old and over crowd was treated to an open bar following the 11:30 admittance. The time they didn’t spend drinking was spent dancing and posing with their very own Justin masks, which were handed out prior to the performance.
Bringing filthy glamour back to rock n roll photo by: Leslie DJ
Semi Precious Weapons kicked things off with, “Her Hair Is On Fire” and kept the party going with “Put A Diamond In It.” By the time their anthem “Semi Precious Weapons” was played the audience had completely lost their minds; screaming, dancing and singing along to the chorus, proudly proclaiming, “I can’t pay my rent, but I’m fucking gorgeous!”
Front man Justin Tranter apologized to the crowd in between numbers, “if any of the bouncers were mean to you or yelled at you, I’m sorry. One of the bouncers punched me in the face just wanted to let you know it’s going to be OK,” before embarking on another song which he mentioned was inspired by many of the people in attendance. Those songs had been inspired by many of the familiar faces in the crowd including fans from the early days and also friends of theirs.
The best part about any SPW performance is the energy the guys bring to the stage. While playing the guitar Stevy Pyne is dancing it up spinning in the air as Cole Whittle on bass is throwing kicks and doing back flips or jumping into the crowd. All the while Dan Crean murders the drums as Justin Tranter belts out some vocals while displaying high kicks and splits. Rock n Roll never looked so beautiful.
