(Flyer by Aidan Flax-Clark)Great show by my first band. When I think of Twitch Party, this is what comes to mind. As far as I'm concerned, this was our peak. We were still getting along (for the most part) and our creativity was really flourishing. Sure, the recording quality here isn't perfect, but for a tape that was recorded from a Hi-8 video, I think it sounds damn good. I'm very proud of this band and what we accomplished. It's hard to believe this happened over 12 years ago!
Aidan Flax-Clark on guitar and backing vocals, Travis Erwin on bass, J.C. Ehle drumming and me as lead vocalist. We were good.
About the songs:
(note: songs that are linked can be downloaded as samples)
01. Intro - 30 seconds of setting up, tuning, etc.
02. Crack - A powerful version of the song that rages beyond the Whiskey recording.
03. Sore - Fuck yeah! Sme slight dropouts - somebody must have walked into my camera...
04. At Peace - This may have been the first time we performed this song live. (At most, it was the second.) You can tell it's not fully formed yet, but it has an energatic immediacy to it. Check out the improvised guitar solo by Aidan!
05. Grey Walls - I wrote this song. Very influenced by Karp and Hammerhead. Unfortunately, this was where I was headed, which was diametrically opposed to where everyone else wanted to go. If not for my ego...
06. Binding Glory - Balls!
07. Beautifully Deformed - A particularly tortured performance of this song.
08. Stench - Sure, it's an L7 rip-off, but it was one of my favorites and we did a great job with it here.
09. Urinal - Boom-cha-boom!
10. Song - Hell yeah!
11. Grassed - Good shit!
12. The Taxidermy of Love - I really like this performance. You can hear some drunks come in at the end of the tuning sequence after the song. They were pretty entertaining.
13. Fit - And the tensions start. We actually played the song pretty well until it fell apart in the end. Then, like an asshole, I had to insist that "I didn't screw up." I did. Sorry Aidan.
14. Halved - Oh yeah!
15. Stretched - Excellent performance of our signature closing track with some beautiful feedback at the beginning. I like to think that THIS was what we were all about.
(Flyer by Aidan Flax-Clark)Twitch Party
Live at The Raven Playhouse 5/10/09 CS
(n/a)
1997
Live at The Raven Playhouse 5/10/09 CS
(n/a)
1997
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