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Circulatory System, Nesey Gallons, and Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't. @ LPR in NYC - pics & setlist
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by Andrew Frisicano
Elephant 6 showed up in full force for Wednesday's triple bill at (Le) Poisson Rouge (Sept. 9th). First up was Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't. (comma and period in place, as noted by frontman Peter Erchick). The Olivia Tremor Control/Circulatory System keyboardist donned a guitar to lead the group through a set of uplifting, celebratory songs bolstered by violin, clarinet (both played by OTCer John Fernandes) and cello.
Next Nesey Gallons, guitarist for Circulatory System and Music Tapes (in the house when they visited NYC earlier this year), played songs from his debut solo record, Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago, which just came out. Alone with an ancient guitar (that failed on him a few times), Gallons sang with emotion, his eyes fixed in an intense stare while his feet tangled nervously below.
With Circulatory System on stage, Will Cullen Hart sang and pawed at his paint-splattered guitar, which was fed through an ever-present echo pedal. He was healthy looking and in good spirits (Hart was recently diagnosed with MS). It wasn't until they started that I realized I'd already seen almost everyone on stage earlier in the night. Similar to the Music Tapes/Nana Grizol setup on their spring tour, Pipes & Circulatory shared nearly all their members, rotated instruments (five played bass in the span of the set), made use of multiple drummers (a great touch) and somehow culled the onstage spectacle into a night of amazing sounds.
A necessary note at these things - as far as I can tell, Jeff Mangum did not perform (though I believe Pipes did play "I Have Been Floated" with Will, a song that Mangum and others have joined on in the past). Maybe at ATP NY on Saturday.
More pictures below...
Nesey Gallons...
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't....
Circulatory System...
Circulatory System setlist...
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Posted on September 11, 2009 10:50 AM
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Comments (8)
I'm a big fan of Circulatory System. But the band really did not play very well at this show. There were moments throughout when they really hit it, played really well. but those moments only made the awkward moments stand out even more.
maybe it was just me
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 11:24 AM
cool tele's....
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 12:37 PM
I completely agree with 11:24... it was only on a certain few songs where they seemed to hit a stride, like on 'Yesterday's World'. But that came far too late in the set.
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 1:04 PM
Didn't make it to this show, but every time I've seen Circulatory System they've been quite sloppy and uneven, so it would not surprise me if they were at this show to. Strange as OTC were (are?) always spot-on every time I've seen them.
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 1:11 PM
I thought it was a great show, but I'm not a musician and probably less likely to notice when a band has it "together" or not. Will Hart seemed a lot happier and less strung out and lost than from other times I've seen in the past (even Holiday Surprise).
Great pics/review. I missed the opening acts, oh well.
Posted by Anonymous | September 11, 2009 1:18 PM
This show was awesome. I think maybe expectations were too high. It was weird how they got moments where they were all of a sudden unbelievable. I think Charlie Daniels is the reason for that. Once he made eye contact with Will, they really stepped it up a notch.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2009 12:55 PM
whoops. Make that Charle Johnston. Certainly not Charlie Daniels.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2009 12:57 PM
any advanced tickets? any more info at all? nothing is listed on asbury lanes site. Please.
Posted by louis | October 17, 2009 1:02 PM