this is something else i'm absolutely certain i've listened to before, and i thought i had written a review about, but none seems to exist for. were there really only 13 posts in june? that seems unusually low.

my firefox history suggests i was interested in shows by this act on june 4th, june 22nd and oct 10th.

i had a doctor's appointment on the 4th and went to bed early. i very nearly went to the show on the 22nd, but the bike ride from southwest to northern lights didn't make sense (i ended up at pj's for an electronic thing instead) as i was on my way to a late show to end what was a three-night party. and, i was sick on the 10th, although i may have preferred to hit the show at the loving touch on the 11th. it also may have been a little cold that night, iirc.

the mar 20th show has been cancelled for obvious reasons.

so, maybe the reason there isn't a review is that i had the intent of actually going and was waiting to do a live review instead. that happens, sometimes. but, as was the case with hide, i have vague recollections of writing about this. did i say something about wishing there was more guitar work? the tracks even sound familiar, as i'm listening to them, now.

in hindsight, the show at pj's was a little lacklustre, and i do sort of wish i made the trek out. but, this was after an early show at el club, too (earth / helms alee). distance aside, i might not have made it in time, and then i would have biked all the way out there and had to turn around, and missed the show at pj's, too.

i'm questioning my comment about the guitar work because it's something i say about all of the jazz bands. well, it's a constant - guitar-driven jazz had a high point from about 1965-1985 and the instrument kind of lost it's focal dominance after that, making way for synthesizers and horns and sometimes even drums. the guitar got kind of outsourced to post-rock and metal; worse, the entire jazz world went fully atonal.

this actually has some post-rocky tendencies, but the musicianship is firmly rooted in the world of jazz. it's melodic, though, without being too schmaltzy, making it a kind of good middle point between accessibility and technicality. i do like it, and i would enjoy it. and i hope i eventually get to see it...

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