Here's the set we played Saturday night, as amended when we discovered we were missing a crucial cable and weighed the lateness of the start time against the snow accumulating outside.
Notes: I thought I had a little more time before we started, so I headed for the bathroom. That turned out to be almost the exact moment that the audience came into our space. And THAT was how we learned that a) the live slow-build intro to "Slinky" is long enough to cover a pee break, and b) I can enter a stage from a bathroom door, pick up a Strat, and start playing. It's not how I would choose to start every show...but it's good to know it can work that way.
I haven't even posted a demo of "Lie" yet, but it's likely to be our single for Record Store Day 2019. It will not be a late addition to Highway Gothic--more probably part of an EP with "Windowsill." But one thing at a time.
This was also the live debut of "Subourbon," which we scrapped from its last set after not being able to nail down an arrangement we all liked. Some things don't come together until you're in the studio. ("Get Out" also worked that way.)
Julie Jurgens sang as a special guest Baguette, as well as playing her super-cool mini trumpet for the horn lines in "White Flag." (She shared a bill with us in 2016, and she's on the album yelling in the background of "One Two"; hopefully we'll get to have her back for more shows.) And I would be HUGELY remiss not to mention that Thomas delayed his return trip to Hawaii so he could play bass for this show. Which is pretty amazing.
I haven't even posted a demo of "Lie" yet, but it's likely to be our single for Record Store Day 2019. It will not be a late addition to Highway Gothic--more probably part of an EP with "Windowsill." But one thing at a time.
This was also the live debut of "Subourbon," which we scrapped from its last set after not being able to nail down an arrangement we all liked. Some things don't come together until you're in the studio. ("Get Out" also worked that way.)
Julie Jurgens sang as a special guest Baguette, as well as playing her super-cool mini trumpet for the horn lines in "White Flag." (She shared a bill with us in 2016, and she's on the album yelling in the background of "One Two"; hopefully we'll get to have her back for more shows.) And I would be HUGELY remiss not to mention that Thomas delayed his return trip to Hawaii so he could play bass for this show. Which is pretty amazing.
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