[POSTPONED: January 21, 2021] The Beths / Lunar Vacation [rescheduled from April 29 Kung Fu Necktie and August 27, 2020 from World Cafe Live; moved to February 24, 2022]
This show has been bounced around now to three different venues. I was sure I’d finally get to see The Beths, but then this new uptick pushed their tour back. I don’t know how wise pushing back a show for one month is during this pandemic nonsense. Especially since they’re saying the spike will drop away in mid-March, but darnit, I really want to see The Beths.
I was looking forward to Weakened Friends opening, but Lunar Vacation…
Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, the story of Lunar Vacation can be traced back to eighth grade, when Grace Repasky and Maggie Geeslin met and started sharing musical ideas. As soon as the pair became old enough to drive, they started to take Lunar Vacation on the road, playing venues across the sprawling suburbs of their home city and fulfilling so many teenage dreams along the way. As the buzz around the pair grew, so did the band, as they expanded to their current four-piece line-up, and upon finishing school, they started to self-release their music, in the shape of two EPs, Swell and Artificial Flavors.
And their new album, Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp which dives into the the waters of dreamy-indie, psychedelia and bedroom-pop. Sounds pretty great! Come on boosters, let the bands play.
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This show was moved from Kung Fu Necktie (a venue I’ve never been to and would like to check out) to World Cafe Live–I’m very curious how these two venues are connected.
The Beths are from New Zealand. New Zealand has a pretty great track record for producing great bands.
The Beths play a delightful alt-pop rock with a splash of grunge and punk all under Elizabeth Stokes’ high but powerful voice.
I’m not too familiar with their music, but I was planning to be by the time of this show.
The opening band Weakened Friends describes themselves as “We’re three tall young adults making some songs and eating some snacks. Indie noise junk band from Portland ME and Boston MA.”
I listened to a few songs and they have a great distorted guitar/catchy chorus sound. J. Mascis even guests on one of their songs. I think they’d be great live.
Hope they can make it back to the States next year.
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