Review | Garbage is Anything But
British Invasion at the Santa Barbara Bowl with Co-Headliners Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
It was a nod to the ’90s night on June 7 at the Santa Barbara Bowl, with a double headliner British invasion featuring Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Garbage, as well as the opener, the critically acclaimed Canadian rockers Metric.
This tour was the first time Gallagher and his High Flying Birds have hit the road in North America since 2019, and much of their setlist was from the band’s recently released album Council Skies, including the title track, with the lovely lyrics, “Catch a falling star and we might drink to better days / Hiding what we find behind the sun / Thinking of what might have been / And what the future says / Waiting on a train that never comes,” as well as the songs “Pretty Boy,” “Easy Now,” “We’re Gonna Get There in the End,” and “Open the Door, See What You Find.”
Gallagher’s reputation as a great songwriter is well earned, although I couldn’t help wishing he’d bring his own voice a little more to the forefront.
