The Whitworthian

Issue date: 11/20/07 Last Updated: 11/29/07

Singer Greg Tomlin, an '05 alumnus, stepped back onto the Whitworth campus to play with his band Scarlet Parkway as an opening act for The Pale Pacific concert Nov. 17.

"It’s fun to be back," he said. "I haven’t played music in the HUB in a bunch of years."

Scarlet Parkway played at Whitworth in 2004 with Wastashi Wa and Careen. The band's sound is similar to Jimmy Eat World's alternative rock style and Death Cab for Cutie's indie influences.

Sophomore Ryan Darbonne played before Scarlet Parkway and included a cover song in his set, something he called a “tribute to the two most overplayed songs on the radio,” "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy and "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat.

In addition to Tomlin, Scarlet Parkway is also made up of the drummer and bassist of The Pale Pacific.

The crowd relaxed and sat on the floor during the openers, but stood up and danced once The Pale Pacific started playing.

The Pale Pacific band members joked around with each other, especially frontman Gabe Archer and guitarist Cameron Nicklaus, who are cousins. They encouraged the crowd to take hug breaks throughout the concert and bantered with audience members.

The Pale Pacific, formerly known as The Pale, has songs on several different compilations, the most well known probably "¡Policia!," a collection of Police covers. The band played "Walking on the Moon" at the concert.

Junior Mclane Stone has been listening to The Pale Pacific since his freshman year of high school, and has seen them twice at Whitworth. They came two years ago and opened along with Vellela Vellela for United State of Electronica.

This was senior Kit Roberts' second time seeing The Pale Pacific. He said he saw Mclane “rocking out” and decided to join him and then bought a CD afterwards. Roberts enjoyed this concert more than the previous one because he was “up front and knew their songs,” he said.

Contact Caitlin Richmond at caitlin.richmond@whitworthian.com.

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