Phone Calls From Home The Masquerade Atlanta, GA 6/27/13

So, Phone Calls From Home is coming to Atlanta a week before I am supposed to see them in Birmingham? I can swing that! Phone Calls From Home (PCFH), are a band that I have been following since 2010. If it were not for Forever The Sickest Kids bringing them on tour, I would never have heard of them. I knew from that one show in 2010 that this band was special. I have seen them 5 times now and have hung out with a few of the members outside of touring. They are more than just a band they are my friends. The members names are Dave, Jason, Zack, and Danny. Three of them are from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and one is from Birmingham, Alabama (woo! Home state!). Because of this band, I have met one of my best friends, Jessie. She has been to three of my five shows with me and she loves them even more than I do which is difficult. She and I got the venue around two o’ clock. The doors did not open until seven. We even arrived before the band. When PCFH arrived, Jessie and I were happy because we had not seen our boys in awhile. They all came over and talked to us for a bit before they had to do sound-check. While they were sound checking inside, Jessie and I were singing the songs outside like the cool kids we are. There were two local bands that were playing that night as well: Inmundane and Kick The Robot. Inmundane was not my favorite. I only heard their set because I was talking to PCFH’s merch guy and another one of my friends, Nick. I talked to him during most of Kick The Robot’s set too. KTR was really good though. I think they are one of those bands that is going to take off any day now and their fans are amazing. It was finally time for PCFH. Jessie and I were beyond stoked. They played

Ever Told A Lie

Forget You

I Guess You Could Call It Love

This Far Now

Show Me Love (Jason and Zack both had a stand up drum and drummed the opening part in a pattern with Danny and it was awesome)

Crazy

Keep This Dream Alive (Dave played it acoustically without the rest of the band) (FINALLY I HAVE HEARD THIS SONG LIVE!!!! It’s my favorite.)

In The End (Dave talked about his dad’s death and how the band played this song at his funeral. It made me and Jessie cry)

Be Your Burden (Dave played the piano and it was absolutely perfect.)

The set was really intimate and very personal for the people that were in the room. It is one of those things that you have to experience for yourself because words do not do it justice. After the show we waited around a little while to talk to the guys. I talked to Jason about Alabama football (Roll Tide). Danny thanked us profusely for coming and told us he could not wait to see us next week. I never saw Zack again. Then we talked to Dave. Dave is such a beautiful soul. He told us about this video he watched about a guy and Apple computers. I cannot remember the whole story, but it ended with him drawing a circle with three sections labeled What, How, and Why. He explained it so eloquently and the while story was basically thanking us for our passion and dedication towards the band. Dave, or Jason, Danny, and Zack, if y’all are reading this, it is no problem.