Deadstream 2 was the perfect farewell to a year of online concerts with an iconic performance that no band has ever done.
Back in October of 2020, Motionless In White held a special one night only, Halloween livestream, Deadstream, and dedicated it toward the 10 year anniversary of their debut album Creatures, and played it in its entirety, including a new track inspired from the album “Creatures X: To The Grave”. It was a truly heartfelt performance as Chris ( lead singer ) shared stories and took fans down memory lane as they reminisce on this iconic album.
Now with concerts & festivals returning in 2021, the band put on one last livestream event and perhaps the last band to host one in 2021.
For their first Deadstream, MIW were in a small studio environment decorated in their classic halloween theme set that they usually have on tour. Deadstream 2 went much larger. This second livestream took place at PennHurst Asylum in Pennsylvania. A closed asylum since 1987 where patients were horribly abused and is now even considered a haunted place in America.
Their set was in what looked like the main entrance courtyard of the asylum with its front doors and statues haunting the the band viewers. The band members themselves were situated on their own platforms spread out in the courtyard and even moment around during the concert, which they weren’t really able to in their first livestream as their space was much confined.
The appearance was awesome, I did notice a huge change in sound compared to their first stream, but I was expecting this. The acoustics in performing in an open area like a courtyard have little to no acoustics, while their studio performance sounded absolutely immaculate. Even Chris’s voice, at first, sounded condensed, however that was quickly gone after the first few songs and his piercing vocals graced fans.
With their first Deadstream, they preformed Creatures in its entirety, and for Deadstream 2 it was best of hits as they would do on tour minus any songs from Creatures. They also surprised fans with their first ever live cover song from The Killers “ Somebody Told Me”
Their setlist for the night was:
Disguise
Reincarnate
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Headache
Contemptress
Soft
Thoughts & Prayers
Voices
If It’s Dead, We’ll Kill It
Somebody Told Me ( The Killers Cover )
Catharsis
Sinematic
Black Damask ( The Fog )
Another Life
Enterally Yours
For perhaps the last livestream concert of 2021, Deadstream 2 was the perfect farewell to a year of online concerts with an iconic performance that no band has ever done.