[DID NOT ATTEND: April 26, 2023] Bailter Space / Eight
Bailter Space are legendary, although I never really got into them for some reason. They play a noisy shoegaze/distortion-fueled type of music that I really like.
I was surprised to see that they were touring (I’s assumed they’d broken up years ago–and they had).
They put out 7 albums up until 1999. Then they disappeared only to resurface in 2012 and 2013 with records. More recently, they released an album in 2021.
But man, I had something like five shows this week and it’s just too much.
For a scathing review of their last show in New Zealand (in 2018), check out this review.
And here’s a summary of the show the night before this one: “There were real highlights, times when it all gelled like a thousand horse hooves in a rendering plant, but times when it just smelled like a rendering plant.”
Eight is the recording project of Mimi Gallagher, based in Philadelphia. Delight in Eight is the debut record, assembled from recordings done at home and at the Bunk with a revolving door of friends — anchored by the core trio of Mimi Gallagher, Cat Park, and Pat Brier.
I listened to a few songs from the album and I really like it. It has a Julian Hatfield (circa 1995) feel–gentle vocals over some good old fuzzy guitar rock.
I probably should have gone to this show. But at least I learned about this band.
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