when i made the decision to skip this show in early april, i didn't have a lot to go on, but the samples i found seemed to be dauntingly disappointing. what the fuck is this, really?

i'm not going to pretend that i know what happened or stoop to filling in details i have no understanding of, but it's clear enough that efrim & jessica aren't happy with each other right now and mt. zion is potentially dead as a result. that leaves efrim long overdue for some interesting rants, at least.

while i don't think that this medium is conducive to housing what i want to hear from him, the full ep is not as disappointing as the samples initially suggested. i still wouldn't have gone to hamilton or toronto to see it, but there are at least some lush moments that present a proof of concept, even if it doesn't really accomplish anything, in the end.

it's not clear to me why he's shunned his guitar; that would probably be the easiest way to reintegrate the tension that is currently missing.