There are concerts, and then there are nights where you feel like you’ve walked into a dream someone else carefully crafted. That’s exactly what Lord Huron delivered this past Friday at The Pinnacle in Nashville. Pure, vivid, emotional art in motion.
From the first few notes of “Who Laughs Last”, it was clear this wasn’t just going to be another show, as Kristen Stewart’s voice filled the venue with the haunting spoken word lyrics, contrasted by Ben Schneider filling in the voids of the chorus through a payphone that was set up on stage and wired through the pa, the crowd was enraptured. Lord Huron didn’t just play music, they built a world around the stage that encapsulated what can only be described as poetry in motion. Between the moody lighting, the haunting backdrops, eerily placed juke box from the new album, “The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1”, and Ben Schneider’s unmistakable voice echoing out over the Pinnacle, it felt like Nashville had stepped into a cinematic western, half-forgotten memory, or a surreal love story, maybe all three at once.
The crowd was hooked from the start, singing along, swaying and living the art for themselves. When “The Secret of Life” started, it was hard not to get chills hearing hundreds of voices join in for a song that means so much to so many, and clapping during the void to create magic in the new Nashville venue. You could feel the weight of it in the air, everyone caught in a moment that didn’t quite feel real.
Lord Huron has this incredible ability to make every track feel like part of something bigger. Songs didn’t just follow one another, they flowed, like a story being told page by page. One moment the crowd was stomping along to “Meet Me in the Woods,” the next we were being carried off by the dreamy melancholy of “Wait by the River”. Every note carried the wight of the artist like a stroke of a brush on a canvas. Every visual on stage added something to the story that grabbed and mesmerized you.
The night was so special because of how immersive it felt. The production was over-the-top and flashy, and all orchestrated perfectly. The stage had just the right amount of fog, an array of golden light mixed with moody blues and reds, and old film-style visuals to set the mood without distracting from the music. It all worked together to create something that felt almost spiritual.
Lord Huron performed for almost two hours, with very few breaks in the production for Ben to address the crowd, eventually closing the night with “Not Dead Yet” and “Digging up the Past” and by the time the final chords rang out, people weren’t ready to leave. No one moved. No one wanted to break the spell. And honestly, who could blame them?
Lord Huron hadn’t just played a concert in Nashville, they brought an entire world to life for one beautiful, fleeting night. It was emotional, it was haunting, it was full of heart. It was art.
Lord Huron’s 2025 tour continues through November 2nd of 2025. For upcoming shows, visit https://www.lordhuron.com/tour/#/.
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Wow! Great review of my favorite band since 2015! I’ll be looking forward to the finally tuned version of this concert when they play the Forum in Los Angeles at the end of this tour!
I was there and it was absolutely amazing, just like this described.