Thursday, 25 May 2017
#welcometowarrendunes
It’s not just a state park in Michigan anymore…
Last Friday, Carrie & I were honored to be on a very short guest list of a very private show in Seattle: the debut of the brand-new supergroup Warren Dunes.
Warren Dunes is the smooshing together of Seattle stalwart bands Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount and Electric NoNo. This turns out not to be too difficult of a feat, since Electric NoNo is only a two-man band, and drummer Dom Cortese is also the drummer for JM+FFD. So, basically, you take JM+FFD and add Electric NoNo guitarist Jared Cortese to it and voila you’ve got yourself a Warren Dunes.
First things first, though. This invite-only concert was held at Earwig Studios, the locale where the likes of Julia Massey, Electric NoNo, and Gentlemen of Leisure have laid down tracks. It also just happens to have an antechamber that is decorated to look exactly like the black lodge from Twin Peaks.
Opening act was the sweet acoustic stylings of Reggie Garrett:
Funk acoustic folk
You should really go check out his musics. Good stuffs.
Second act was the first-ever Seattle performance of my pals the Gentlemen of Leisure!
“If you are not a gentleman, then why are you alive?”
It was great to see them live for the first time. I was able to make an animated .GIF of ’em!
Gentlemen of Animation
The headliners were, of course, Warren Dunes. Here’s their first-ever animated .GIF!
Warranimated Dunes. Wut.
I honestly expected the Warren Dunes sound to be more of a direct result of smooshing the Five Finger Discount and Electric NoNo together, but it was very heavily weighted towards Julia’s sound. Jared doesn’t even provide any vocals, which was very surprising. It sounded much like the Five Finger Discount plus an electric guitar.
Which is to say it sounded frikkin’ great. Just not at all what I was expecting.
You can hear the Warren Dunes sound in this video of them performing their song “War Cry” (recorded earlier, not at this show):
I’m excited to hear more of them! I just don’t wanna hafta wait for an album to come out! I = impatient for good musics!
Go, Julia, go! Shake out them tunes!
Categories: Animated .GIFs, Concerts/Shows, Music, Videos.
