Text and images by Grace Dickinson.
“Too much spaghetti,” said Hamilton Leithauser, the lead singer of The Walkmen. “Ooph.”
After powering his way through 90 minutes of zealously delivered vocals, Leithauser’s raspy voice started to fade out at the peak of each crescendo. As he claimed, it must’ve been a result of that pasta pre-party he jokingly referenced throughout the night. (To make up for cancelling a show at the Electric Factory last October, the band served up spaghetti and meatballs to fans earlier in the night.)
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