[ATTENDED: April 17, 2018] Tancred
When I saw the name Tancred a while back I imagined a kind of Middle-Eastern-sounding band. I had a very specific idea in my head. So I was really quite surprised to discover that they are actually a 90s-sounding alt rock band created (more or less exclusively) by Jess Abbott (who was in Now, Now for a time).
When I first heard “Bed Case” I was totally psyched. It pushed all of the buttons I have for 90s female-led alt-rock. I mean, holy cow. There’s a total Letters to Cleo/Juliana Hatfield vibe but with a modern sensibility of not following exactly the 90’s rules.
I was super duper psyched that they were opening for Julien Baker.
Incidentally, Tancred (1075 – December 5 or December 12, 1112) was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch…. thanks Wikipedia. (more…)
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