Spinning Platters

I’ve been listening to Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward’s She & Him since the release of their debut record in 2008, and I got to see them perform live once in 2010 at The Fifth Ave Theater in Seattle, WA. Their body of work includes 3 albums of originals, two Christmas albums, a covers album, and a Tribute to Brian Jones of The Beach Boys. I am drawn to She & Him for their songwriting, but since their last album of original material was released in 2013, I’ve been on the ropes about how vocal I can be about my fandom for them. Zooey and Ward are simply put two of my favorite songwriters of all time. I find myself listening to She & Him when things get bad, and I need to put something on that I know will make me feel better. I brought my son to see that She & Him concert at the 5th Ave when he was in grade school, and he grew up listening to them to the point where one of the first songs he ever had memorized was “Sentimental Heart,” and he grew up dancing to and asking to hear “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?” on repeat. They are a part of my life in a way that I can’t quantify in a concert review article, but it is important that you, as the reader of said article, know I am not a casual listener. Continue reading “Show Review: She & Him with Jordana at The Moore, 9/29/26”