seems like you've been into ptm a while. theyve been my fave band and live show since 2006 (when church mouth came out). im really disappointed in evil friends, theres only a couple songs i like enough not to skip. ive seen them live twice since it came out and they dont play any songs off of waiter or church mouth anymore, for the first time ever (ive seen them 10+ times) and it really, really bum s me out. do you think they never will from here on out? they also just dont jam out anymore an
Personally I wasn’t the biggest fan of Evil Friends either. But you can’t turn down a chance to work with Danger Mouse. The guys are better musicians because of it. I’m optimistic for their future releases.They’ve played well over 1,000 shows since the start of the band. Playing the same old songs can get old, I’d imagine. You can’t really blame them for playing their newer catalogue. Those old albums are special, but that’s a chapter of their lives that they probably don’t feel accurately represents them as a band anymore. I don’t frequently check their set lists so I dunno if they still play the oldies, but if my memory serves me right, in the tours between In the Mountain in the Cloud and Evil Friends they’d play AKA M80 the Wolf, Chicago, Church Mouth, and Bellies Are Full every now and then.
I do hope their next move is a more psychedelic or progressive album. I think that’s what they do best live. If so, I’d expect more jam based shows in the future. Pure speculation though.
