Bands built out of a college friendship that kept going after everyone should have gotten sensible jobs tend to have a looseness that industry-assembled groups never manage. This Washington DC group plays soul with rock instrumentation, fronted by a singer whose range does most of the heavy lifting, and they built the following the slow way, by touring constantly and being noticeably better live than on record. The material is about relationships and the arrangements leave room for the band to actually play. A Tuesday night in a high desert saloon means a small, warm, attentive room rather than a festival crowd, which suits them. Music at 9:00 PM in Pioneertown, out past Yucca Valley. Weeknight bookings out here are how the venue keeps a year-round audience rather than only a weekend one, and the regulars are the people who show up for them.
Bands built out of a college friendship that kept going after everyone should have gotten sensible jobs tend to have a looseness that industry-assembled groups never manage. This Washington DC group plays soul with rock instrumentation, fronted by a singer whose range does most of the heavy lifting, and they built the following the slow way, by touring constantly and being noticeably better live than on record. The material is about relationships and the arrangements leave room for the band to actually play. A Tuesday night in a high desert saloon means a small, warm, attentive room rather than a festival crowd, which suits them. Music at 9:00 PM in Pioneertown, out past Yucca Valley. Weeknight bookings out here are how the venue keeps a year-round audience rather than only a weekend one, and the regulars are the people who show up for them.
Bands built out of a college friendship that kept going after everyone should have gotten sensible jobs tend to have a looseness that industry-assembled groups never manage. This Washington DC group plays soul with rock instrumentation, fronted by a singer whose range does most of the heavy lifting, and they built the following the slow way, by touring constantly and being noticeably better live than on record. The material is about relationships and the arrangements leave room for the band to actually play. A Tuesday night in a high desert saloon means a small, warm, attentive room rather than a festival crowd, which suits them. Music at 9:00 PM in Pioneertown, out past Yucca Valley. Weeknight bookings out here are how the venue keeps a year-round audience rather than only a weekend one, and the regulars are the people who show up for them.