This past Friday I headed to see current buzz band Chairlift at Reward, the new shop spot in Old City Philadelphia. I’ll admit I had my doubts about how they would perform live (I’m always skeptical these days), but thankfully those doubts were shattered in a matter of minutes, once the band began their set.

Underneath the white lights of the store and sandwiched between racks of clothing, the Brooklyn three-piece gracefully and emotionally glided through their set, playing most of the songs from their new album Does You Inspire You. Yes, they played “Bruises” of iPod Nano fame…and YES it sounded better that the record! Lead singer Caroline Polachek’s voice was pitch-perfect and beautiful, while the dreamy mix of synths and guitars sounded, well, truly inspired. SERIOUSLY, go see this band!

Chairlift is currently on tour with Yeasayer and their album Does You Inspire You is available now from Kanine.