Tame Impala, Odesza Bring High Energy To Boston Calling Day 2

BOSTON, MA — Boston Calling's biggest headliners on Day 2, Tame Impala and Odesza hypnotized the crowd not only with their music, but with massive stage productions, giving festival-goers an impressive visual experience. With Tame Impala, a psychedelic rock band from Australia, the visuals encapsulated the audience from the moment they hit the stage and started playing "Let it Happen."

Most of Tame Impala's massive crowd tended to do one of three things. Fans would either be singing along, dancing, or just staring at the stage motionless in awe. Often, the person dancing one song was the one staring, getting lost in the psychedelic visuals during the next.

As the set went on, the lasers intensified, as did the music, especially during "Eventually." Many of the tracks got massive sing-alongs as people grooved to frontman Kevin Parker's soothing voice and spacey guitar riffs. But no track had more people singing than the closer, "New Person, Same Old Mistakes."

"Feel like a brand new person," the crowd chanted in deafening unity while Tame Impala closed out one of the most energetic performances of the festival thus far.

Odesza

Despite being the second listed headliner, DJ duo Odesza might have had the biggest crowd of the entire festival. Packs of people, many of them wearing bright colors and collared shirts covered in pictures of fruit rushed the stage a full 20 minutes before the duo went on. I'm still not sure what the fruit thing was about, but for them, it meant they were ready to dance — And Odesza was ready for them, going through fan favorites old and new.

"Say My Name" was an early crowd-pleaser, and had the fans shouting along to every word.

"I want to dance, I want to dance with you," the crowd chanted as they danced together into the night.

Odezsa's electronic sound was diverse, with the crowd responding to heavier bass-heavy numbers, as well as laid back tracks that had the entire crowd swaying from side-to-side. The DJ duo also expanded past the decks, adding an array of live instruments into the sound. Trumpets added texture and for songs like "Boil," and "Bloom," a full drum-line joined the band on stage giving their songs an added punch.

The group ended the set with one of their most popular singles "Only Fire," which once again brought massive singalongs.

Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals

Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Run the Jewels — one thing Boston Calling has really done well over its 10-festival history is bringing some decent hip hop. Boston Calling 2019 was no different with Anderson Paak & the Free Nationals.

Not only can Anderson Paak rap, he drums while performing, which some of the crowd was unaware of. There were several people around me talking about how impressive they thought the multi-tasking was here.

Paak's set spanned his own music, as well as covers of Lil Nas X and the late Mac Miller. Paak's own songs like "Lite Weight" and "King James" got good crowd responses, but the biggest response came when Lil Nas X joined Paak onstage to perform Lil Nas X's own hit "Old Town Road" When I turned around, I saw people in the distance sprinting over when this song started, and most of those people didn't leave after.

Hozier

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier had the crowd at hello. From the moment he set foot on stage the crowd was with him. He only had to play a couple bars and the crowd was there with him, cheering, for the old songs as well as his newer stuff.

"If you happen to know this next tune, don't be afraid to let us know," he told the audience at one point to encourage them to sing along. He didn't really have to ask, though. Folks seemed to know all the words. He brought out his hit "Take Me To Church" for the finale and with it, a ripple of electricity made its way through the crowd, as folks cheered, danced and whipped out their cell phones to video. You'd be hard pressed to find someone without a huge grin on their face at that point.

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Patch reporter Jenna Fisher contributed to this report.