Nightmares Tour Report 06

Waking up in Cincinnati. Great show last night. It was my first time playing at Art Damage Lodge and I totally get why people speak so highly of it. Cool to play in a former Masonic lodge, and everyone there is extremely nice to hang out with. And as with Saint Louis, there were people who drove pretty far to see us play, which is amazing to have folks coming from two or four hours away. Pus-Drainer opened the show with a short and brutal set of heavy synth and noise... So good that we demanded an encore, which he complied with...launching into a bass-heavy synth pattern that hit the spot, followed by sheets of harsher noise. Great! French Crips were up next and they played an expansive set of outsider, old-school experimental music from the Option and Sound Choice magazine era, complete with a psychedelic projection that seemed inspired by classic San Francisco colored oil light shows. We went on next and got down to business, hampered only slightly by a bad connection to the PA, which we resolved during our second song. We played four pieces last night and we seemed to to strike a nice balance between atmospheric and heavy moments, denser passages and more spacial parts. We wrapped up with a verging-on-minimal-synth piece that was a pleasant surprise, as my Moog throbbed and David laid down a subtle sequence. Nice! We wrapped up our night next door, at a sort of punk bar called the Blue Rock Tavern. Oddly, a thoroughly intense GLBT nu-metal band was playing...super interesting to watch. They sort of scared away the Hot Topic punks, though. Thanks to everyone who came out to see us and thanks to John, Jon, and everyone at Art Damage Lodge for being such great hosts! Off to breakfast and then Oberlin...