This was Lazer Forever's last show with original drummer Adam Patterson, who was planning to attend college in Wisconsin, and whose spastic, hard-hitting style was the perfect companion to Clint Boylan and Dustin Tessier's jittery pop sensibility. Though they were the opening band on that night's bill at the Entry, the band gave Patterson a fitting send-off, playing a 40+ minute set with nearly every song from their excellent debut Visage Cage (with a newer tune thrown in for good measure). This an impassioned, invigorating performance with great melodies and infectious energy for days, the occasional technical flub or off-key harmony serving only to add to the atmosphere of reckless abandon. This is worth hearing for, if nothing else, the stellar renditions of Visage Cage standout tracks "Stairs & Bed" and "Floor of the Ocean."
LF has soldiered on with Jon Warnberg, perhaps the only drummer in town fit to take Patterson's place. The latter barely left town before dropping out and returning home, and has been heard to say that he may play with the band again in the future. I'm keeping my figures crossed.
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?2sahtvouxdc
Track list:
1. The Witch (4:37)
2. Sketches of a Ghost Town (3:13)
3. Auto Fellatio (3:09)
4. Stairs & Bed (2:55)
5. Slipped Disk (4:00)
6. Come clean (3:36)
7. Good Advice (3:09)
8. Right Now (4:46)
9. Animals (3:17)
10. Umbilical Cord (4:41)
11. Fountain Head (2:18)
12. Floor of the Ocean (4:08)
Total running time: 43:48
Monday, September 10, 2007
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