Vance Joy 6/14 Concert Review

When I saw Vance Joy was coming to Prospect Park, I knew I had to go. It was a payed show, but I could stand outside with the only problem being no line of sight to the stage. I didn't really catch the opening acts except for a snatch of rising star Alice Merton's hit single No Roots, as she's touring with him. Vance Joy did an excellent job in his set, playing a pretty long set of which I knew half the songs. He had an acoustically well done arrangement, with contributions from his backing band of mainly brass providing a flawless accompaniment to his excellent singing and acoustic guitar work. He seemed very earnest and tried to explain each song and not go with the flow, but the crowd was really into it and still sang and danced along with every song. I though he'd stop at Riptide, but he also performed Saturday Sun and Lay It On Me to compound a jubilant performance. The crowd howled for a encore, but by that time he'd finished it was ten and he'd already completed a show that a couple thousand would remember as one of the best of their lives. My favorite song was the same as my favorite on his newest album: Call If You Need Me, rendered perfectly.