Never Shout Never’s Time Travel Tour at the Summit Music Hall

Jenn Cohen | November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Never Shout Never

by Hannah Lintner and Max Giffin

Photography by Max Giffin

On the 22^nd of September, the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado, was alive with the sounds of Plug in Stereo, A Rocket to the Moon, Carter Hulsey, and Never Shout Never, all bands on Never Shout Never’s Time Travel Tour.

Plug in Stereo, a band from Portland, Oregon, is Trevor Dahl’s project. Dahl has just as much charm as he does hair, which is saying quite a bit. He was successful in getting the crowd involved in the band’s music, which sounds like the perfect soundtrack for long car rides on late summer nights.

The Carter Hulsey Band of Joplin, Missouri, followed Plug in Stereo. One can feel his Texas roots in his music style, which is the perfect blend of Country and Folk Rock, with a little bit of Pop thrown in on occasion. The five-person band blends fluidly, building the listener up to a strong finish.

A Rocket to the Moon played next, with a happy balance of lyrics about pretty girls, electric guitar, and a great drummer. The talented Pop Rock group has recently released The Rainy Sessions EP, which features a Bluegrass- and Country-tinged take on songs, such as “On Your Side” and a cover of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”

The show on the 22nd in Denver was the first show of the Time Travel Tour, which means that the Colorado audience was the first crowd to hear songs such as “Silver Ecstasy,” “Time Travel,” and “Lost at Sea” performed live off of Never Shout Never’s new album, Time Travel, which was released only two days prior. Christopher Drew, the heart and soul of Never Shout Never, is also from Joplin, Missouri. The multi-talented twenty-year-old plays the ukulele, guitar, harmonica, sometimes a tambourine, as well as the piano, always barefoot, of course. The band played through the entirety of the new album, which was followed by Christopher doing a solo set of some of his older songs, including “Coffee & Cigarettes,” “Big City Dreams,” and “I Love You 5.” Christopher Drew had an incredible energy throughout the entire show and performed his new songs beautifully.