Dead Spells and Sterling Serpent at Seattle's Highline
![Dead Spells and Sterling Serpent at Seattle's Highline](/content/images/size/w2000/wordpress/2019/11/DesireDespair-005.jpg)
On Friday I saw Dead Spells play at Seattle’s Highline. I really like them. And that sentence reveals a source of frustration – I can’t write about music at all. I like their music, they sound good. Awesome prose, Scott. It’s only a matter of time before Rolling Stone contacts me for some freelance work. I’ve used that joke before.
I sometimes think that I’ll try to develop that skill, even if just a little, by reading more album reviews and interviews. But I doubt that’s going to happen. My photos will have to do. I’ve included a few from the Sterling Serpent set, too.
![Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1573498237703-MMO1CZLK1PGYI5PS65GM/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/Desire+Despair-008.jpg)
Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Dead Spells at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
![Sterling Serpent at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1573498422961-ZLNIYY91I2NJNV7AHQCG/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/Desire+Despair-002.jpg)
Sterling Serpent at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
![Sterling Serpent at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1573498465697-RC5E1SVKI529KUL16OCY/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kLkXF2pIyv_F2eUT9F60jBl7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iyqMbMesKd95J-X4EagrgU9L3Sa3U8cogeb0tjXbfawd0urKshkc5MgdBeJmALQKw/Desire+Despair-001.jpg)
Sterling Serpent at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.
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Sterling Serpent at The Highline, Seattle, 8 November 2019.