Microwave doesn’t take the stage until midnight. When I arrive at the Earl on May 3rd, a restaurant in East Atlanta with an attached 300-person venue in the back, it’s only 8:30 PM The ATL-bred alt-rockers got here half an hour earlier for load-in to prepare for the opening night of their tour behind, their new album that came out just a couple of weeks ago.
Once we all settle into our respective chairs in the Earl’s small, loudly decorated green room, which features everything from a hair salon chair to stacks of merch boxes for tomorrow night’s All Them Witches show, Microwave ask where I’m from. I tell them I left Kansas City on an early flight that I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to make.
Adrenaline has reached a fever pitch as their tour manager stops in to give the band a 30-minute warning until showtime. Chatting with one of the friends, Hardy addresses his concerns that the late-night crowd won’t have a lot of energy. His friend quickly assuages those worries: “You’re the only band. They’re here to see YOU!” At this point, the venue is now swarming with passionate Microwave fans, and most of the band’s friends have adjourned from the green room to join the crowd.
Hardy, who has now finished his hip stretches and tequila shot, proceeds to do some vocal warm-ups while once again taking his place on the floor next to me. “All the high vocal parts are at the beginning of the setlist,” he says before haphazardly launching into various parts of the chorus for “Bored of Being Sad.
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