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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 11, 2024] Public Memory / Mint Field

I found out about this show just a few days before it was supposed to happen.  It happened to be on the same night as Yard Act AND Charly Bliss, so no matter how much I want to see Mint Field (and I want to see them quite a lot), I wasn’t going to pick this show over those two.

Especially since I think Public Memory was opening.  I’ve never heard of Public Memory.  And Interlocuter says of the band

Public Memory is the latest project of musician Robert Toher. He was formerly a member of the band APSE, which had a distinct take on postpunk and post rock, and his subsequent project ERAAS rooted that moody propulsive rock sound into a more electronic-based realm. Public Memory continues in this dark and lovely musical direction.

Neither of those other bands is familiar to me, but from what I can gather Public Memory is primarily slow moody gothy synth.  I kind of like it.

But for me the real treat would be Mint Field.  Here’s just a few great blurbs about them:

Mexico City based band is guided by Estrella del Sol and Sebastian Neyra. Mint Field explores the nostalgia and the melancholy of daily life with loud guitars and ethereal vocals that bring to life a unique way of doing shoegaze. Exploring and experimenting with different genres like ambient, dream pop and shoegaze sounds, Mint Field creates a mesmerizing experience to escape to.

their supernatural dream-pop and shoegaze tunes. Sprawling, cosmic rock with shimmering guitar and the heavenly vocals of Estrella Sánchez in an epic location – this is the most beautiful Levitation Sessions yet.

I hope they come back around again in 2025.