Fog and red light ensconced Urban Lounge as Deafheaven took the stage Friday night. It was an apt and ominous introduction to the musical group from San Francisco, California.
Vocalist and front man George Clarke menacingly stared and pointed into the crowd as the band opened their set with “Brought to the Water.” It started off with industrial drone and bell sounds that gave way to shoegaze guitar, blast beat drums and Clarke bleakly screaming into the microphone, “where has my passion gone?”