Greycoats - Charisma (2018)

Minneapolis-based indie rock band Greycoats have been assembling ambitious album release shows since day one. For the release of The World of Tomorrow in 2013, they asked local artists to create a visual interpretation of each song on the album. As they played through the album at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, those pieces sat behind them on display. For the 2015 Adrift, they christened Paikka, the industrial-chic St. Paul event space (spare, spooky, and a little dank at the time), just as the dust settled, encouraging those in attendance to tinker with an interactive spaceship. Jon Reine, the frontman, dressed in a white, light-up suit, led the audience on a tour of space as the Celestial Man.

Charisma!, Greycoats’ latest album release show, just completed a successful four-day run at the Southern Theater. It was billed as a multimedia experience—part rock show, part film, part play, all tackling the hypocrisy and showmanship of evangelism. This marriage of mediums was maximalist in its scope, and, from the outset, a seemingly impossible feat for the 200-capacity theater.

Tracklist:
01. Greycoats - Devotion
02. Greycoats - Tongues and Interpretation
03. Greycoats - The Sermon
04. Greycoats - Runner
05. Greycoats - Electronic Pulpit
06. Greycoats - Confession
07. Greycoats - Holy War
08. Greycoats - Mannequin
09. Greycoats - Blessed™
10. Greycoats - Strangers Under Contract
11. Greycoats - Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go
12. Greycoats - Don't Shoot the Messenger
13. Greycoats - Night Terrors
14. Greycoats - Heaven Is for Closers
15. Greycoats - Salton Sea
16. Greycoats - No One's Watching Anymore
17. Greycoats - In My Car
18. Greycoats - Elvis Has Left the Building