September 21, 2024

Carnation, WA

7 songs · 1h 22m

Earthling or Alien? — Modulates quickly into an efficient and beautiful hose jam.
Borne — Seventeen months younger and still cutting his teeth, Eugene's baby brother enchants the neighboring northwest with a worthy, if less mature, reprise. Built on a bed of vintage vibes and a steady, pulsing bassline, the performance explores a richly textured, atmospheric space as Rick patiently vamps until finding a hook around the 14-minute mark. For the last few minutes, the band shifts to a dancier chordal groove that never fully realizes its potential, dissolving instead into "Turned Clouds."
Everything Must Go — Another great S1 closer that starts forebodingly with some minor key piano and is driven forward by tribalistic drumming. After a little tension, Rick settles back gently and melodically before band patiently and collectively builds up to EMG’s typical ripping conclusion. Cotter truly shines throughout

4 songs · 59:12

Drive — Grungy double guitar rock and roll takes a magical tour through blisstown. Gorgeous melodic finish before slipping into "Electric Avenue." Very reminiscent of the SPAC version from earlier in the month.
Red Bird — Machine gun fire drowns out the engines roar as the vehicle veers off the road in a raging inferno. Speed up. Target marked. Repeat. Targets in the rear view spin out in perfectly timed oil slicks. Patterns repeat mechanically as the G-6155 races, explosions mirroring the pits of our drivers eyes. A boat house looms on the horizon as a helicopter blasts impassable craters in the road ahead. Now airborne our driver ignites and spins skyward shrieking as whirling blades & debris plummet toward scorched earth.
Hungersite — Ecstasy. Infectious optimism. Pure Joy. Rick finds a repeating hook at 7:45 that he builds around before an explosion of guitar Rock Goddery. Every time you think he's found the apex of energy within the peak, he unlocks a new level of earworm shredding. He then slows down, brilliantly going back into the earlier riff before deciding to hose down the crowd one last time. This song DELIVERS as a set closer.

1 song · 10:44