ECSTATTIC FEST. Turf Club, Saint Paul MN, 03/23/14.
We had a great time playing last night at a 10-band festival to celebrate Ecstattic Studio, run by Ali Jafaar from Hollow Boys. Lots of great bands on the bill, including Strange, Naptaker, Hack, Fire In The Northern Firs, and Hollow Boys themselves. We had a pretty choice 10pm time slot, and played a fistful of new tunes to a very congenial crowd. It was my first show with my new silver Thunderbird bass, Kyle’s first show since he recovered from six weeks of mono, and Andrew broke the snares on his snare drum a few songs in, the result of which was a “St Anger snare tone” for the second half of the set. We played “Fake” for the first time ever on stage, and closed with what felt like a really great take on “No Vibes.” Plenty of folks came up and talked to us after the show, most of whom we didn’t know, so it was nice to feel like we’d played a super solid set for a bunch of new faces (although our friends from Bad Bad Hats and Strange Relations made it out, which was really great!). All in all, a fantastic Sunday night. Next show: April 18th at Amsterdam Hall with Pink Mink for Little Man’s record release! - DTB
