City Of Ships
Words: Tony Cheslock
Photos: Michael Spadoni

Appeared:
April 7, 2007
Crowbar, Ybor City

There are a few things in life when you know everything is coming together as a magnificent recipe. While tantamount of those things will always be my mother’s meatloaf, a recent close second concoction on that list is the live act by the name City of Ships. Going to the Crowbar on Saturday April 7, I knew I could count on a few things. I knew that History, Auto!Automatic!!, and Riddle of Steel were going to rock my stylish plaid socks right off. I also knew that I was in for a bit of a surprise in a somewhat new (at least new to me) act called City Of Ships, who have recently been turning some heads on the scene. As COS was set to begin , I filed in near the stage next to my good friend Ryan and his magnificent prize winning beard. I expected to be impressed. I never expected to be awe struck.

I could go into all the nuance and detail as to exactly what City Of Ships did to me on a biological level, but I will leave that end of it up to your interpretation. I will say that the bass tone coming from the stage that night registered to me on several conscious and unconscious levels. Never have I experienced such an immense wall of sound out of only three players. City Of Ships are proof positive that playing in a weak band is never acceptable.