Concert Review: The Vaughns Are “Millennial” At Arlene’s Grocery

The Sun is often associated with beauty and light. It keeps us warm and distinguishes the day from the night. Yet, it also burns and overheats. Not to “debbie down” the sun, but, at Arlene’s Grocery, The Vaughns delivered the sunny sides and sintering edges of being a bright human being.

You ever had someone tell you that, “You are too smart!” Saying that your own intelligence was your pitfall. At times, in relationships, that can be, especially the one with yourself. With new and old tracks abound, The Vaughns showed the pitfall of being an intelligent person is believing that feelings have rationale. Perhaps, that is why they say happiness is a perspective; like rose-colored glasses, it is something you put on to see the world prettier. From “Shout” to “Coffee Sundae,” The Vaughns did what any reason-based person does when they cannot understand the point of feeling: have an existential crisis.

Shout (Official Video) – The Vaughns

Can you “be” happy? Are you “being” if, in essence, you are “working to be?” Who knows! Yet, at Arlene’s Grocery, The Vaughns’ Anna Lies felt like the poster child for every young person that does not solely feel held back by “small town living” as much as “small world living.” For all that humanity can do, it seems like it has not done enough, and she performs her songs with a balance of self-analysis and common affronts. It is as if she sees lyrics like a mutual, “Yeah, I do wrong, but you make mistakes, too!” From cheating exes to dooming, social pressures, Lies’ voice feels like a wagon of thoughts going up and down the dewy road of youthful doubts.

Bring Your Kids To Work Day (Official Video) – The Vaughns

If there is one word attributed a lot with The Vaughns, particularly Anna, it is “millennial”, which I curiously love. Often, Millennials are associated with complaining; seen as a generation that cannot get it together while also being perpetually screwed by the historical societal/ systemic issues the world REFUSES to heal. With their debut, F.O.M.O, The Vaughns have created a “surfingly pop”, bright, and melodic gem that shines the woes of learning to be functional in a dysfunctional world. From “”Santa Cruz” and “Bring Your Kids To Work Day,” The Vaughns were like a late night sitcom playing a youthful crowd stuck in the midnight of their lives. ForMore Information on The Vaughns Click Here.