[DID NOT ATTEND: August 31, 2024] Built to Spill / Floating Witch’s Head
I have seen Built to Spill five times and have enjoyed every show. This tour promotes the 30th anniversary of the album There’s Nothing Wrong with Love. I thought I knew this album pretty well, but it turns out that I really started getting into them with the album AFTER this one.
But I was still really excited to see this show. They announced a show at Franklin Music Hall which bummed me out because I don’t really like that venue (and it was the same night that I had tickets for at least 3 other shows). But then they announced this show at Asbury Lanes which was awesome. I grabbed a ticket right away.
Then I found out that my son was going back to school that day. So that would be kind of weird to drop him off and then rush off to a show. Then it turned out he didn’t have to go until the following day, but it would have been even worse to go out on his last night at home. SO I blew off this show.
Last time that BtS toured, they came back through the area a second time about four months later (Philly in May, Bethlehem in September), so I secretly hope that they will do that again maybe early next year? But they played a lot of shows on this tour, so I’m not holding my breath.
I’d never heard of Floating Witch’s Head who are
a new Boise-based project concocted by Travis Ward (guitars & vocals) with Michael Mitchell (drums & percussion) and Eric Gilbert (keyboards & head shakes). RIYL: garage, psych, swamp, proto-punk, acid rock, beards, hot peppers, pickles, parties, nice people
The last few tours I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the opening bands. Last tour I loved Blood Lemon but hated Wetface. Floating Witch’s Head I’m feeling ambivalent about. The description above is pretty accurate and I do tend to like this kind of music, but the song I listened to is really pretty standard fare, nothing that excited me.
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