Sala Rosa was this huge old hall made of wood and ornate facing, the stage was deep and rich with lots of facing and detail, I felt like a super-star sonic son when I was playing and we set up our instruments in a line that night so that I was even with guitar and Bass. The audience was pressed up to the stage and right in front of my kit. We all used makeup to give ourselves the tribal-space detail and I also was sporting a bindi on my forehead. Wovenhand was totally in their element, and each successive show for them has taken the intensity and dynamic higher. These guys play some deep and inspired sets for sure and many of the songs are from their latest release "Ten Stones". On this night we reached a common sonic tonic and all the elements just merged into one thunderous tribal praise to rock and the temporal energy it brings. There was lots of sharpie fun at this point, DaveW drew eyes on his hands earlier and finally it culminated in fingernails, rings, and knuckle words.
Incredible changing colors of leaves all the way down from Montreal to Boston. I haven't been in the east coast for many years and forgot how ultra-mystical all the earthen hues look and feel. The forest slides by the windows of the mini-van I am encased in and seems to beg us to stop, inviting us in. Of course once you enter you may not ever find your way out, wandering forever in the eternal fall leaves until the inevitable dead of winter.
Which brings me to the latest White Hills release timed perfectly for this passing of seasons - "Dead" dropped by Thrill Jockey on October 6th is an EP of incredible proportions. We have been supporting this release on the current tour with Wovenhand and so far the reviews are positive.
dead.
The next stop was MIT in Boston and a live radio broadcast that will be delivered to the airwaves and the internet on Friday.
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