[DID NOT ATTEND: December 12, 2021] Bully / Graham Hunt Band / Slomo Sapiens
Look at this, yet another great show at Underground Arts that I didn’t go to. That place has really got my number–we just need to get our calendars to synch up better.
Bully is basically Alicia Bognanno and whoever she chooses to play with. She writes great songs and has a unique and cool voice. I really enjoyed Bully’s first album, Feels Like, but when it was announced that she was touring a new album (and playing Philly with Spirit of the Beehive AND Control Top!) well, I checked that album out right away. And it is very good.
I was pleased when it was announced that she’d be playing Underground Arts instead. World Cafe Live is a better venue, but UA is much easier for me to get to. Sadly the opening bands were not the same, but that’s okay.
And then…. Baroness announced they would be playing three nights at Kung Fu Necktie. I couldn’t make the Saturday one (holiday party), so my only choice was Sunday. Later they added another date for Monday, but I had already purchased my ticket and it seemed like way too much of a hassle to try to change it. So Bully had to miss me. Drat. Come back again Alicia!
I’d never heard of Graham Hunt although apparently he is been in a lot of bands. According to this write up
Hunt’s solo work continues to be an oddball amalgam of the best traits of his other projects: Midwives’ exacting focus, Reruns’ strong songwriting structures, and Sundial Mottos’ winsome, relaxed aesthetic all are apparent throughout the excellent new solo album Painting Over Mold. Even the distinct imprints of Dusk and Mike Krol, both acts Hunt has appeared with as a touring member, find cohesion across the record.
Slomo Sapiens continues the tradition of great band names from Philadelphia. I didn’t know much about them, but they are described as a psychedelic “sludge rock” trio, which sounds pretty good to me. Their newest album is called Cabin Fever Dreams.
