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10/23 Preoccupations with Cindy Lee at Turf Club
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Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations headlined the Turf Club in St Paul, in support of their new album Arrangements (Flemish Eye/Jagjaguwar).
Opening the show was Cindy Lee, a one person performance, from the ashes of Women. Women, of course, was the band that members of Preoccupations (then Viet Cong) came from. Currently, with this tour, it appears that it is all Patrick Flegel (brother of Matt Flegel from Preoccupations) is the only person in the band.
Cindy Lee sings over prerecorded soundtrack from What’s Tonight to Eternity?, with occasionally picking up the guitar to add some additional notes. The songs sounds like something of an electroclash version of 60’s girlpop or girl gang songs.
There was a cover of Chad VanGaalen’s “Burning Candle” on the set. It made sense, as Cindy Lee and VanGaalen, as well as Preoccupations, are on the same record label, Flemish Eye… so it’s all related somehow.
The thing with Preoccupations (singer/bassist Matt Flegel, guitarist Scott Munro, guitarist Daniel Christiansen, and drummer Mike Wallace), is that as great as they sound, they can’t get out of the shadow of their original controversial name of Viet Cong. The name was offensive to South Vietnamese and Americans who fought in the Vietnam war. With protests at some venues, including their first appearance in Minneapolis, at 7th Street Entry, in Sep 2015, the band did the right thing and changed their name to Preoccupations, stating “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past.”
With that behind them, the band has released three albums under the Preoccupation name, the self-titled album, New Material and their 2022 album Arrangements. The new album is actually their best album to date, leaning more in rhymic chords, that they’ve described as “labyrinthine post-punk”.
The band must really love the new album, as the first part of their set was devoted solely on Arrangements. The remainder of their set seemed to draw mostly from their debut record, Viet Cong (“March of Progress”, “Silhouettes”, “Continental Shelf”, and “Death”)
Preoccupations’ new studio album Arrangements is out now.
Remaining Tour Dates
Opening the show was Cindy Lee, a one person performance, from the ashes of Women. Women, of course, was the band that members of Preoccupations (then Viet Cong) came from. Currently, with this tour, it appears that it is all Patrick Flegel (brother of Matt Flegel from Preoccupations) is the only person in the band.
Cindy Lee sings over prerecorded soundtrack from What’s Tonight to Eternity?, with occasionally picking up the guitar to add some additional notes. The songs sounds like something of an electroclash version of 60’s girlpop or girl gang songs.
There was a cover of Chad VanGaalen’s “Burning Candle” on the set. It made sense, as Cindy Lee and VanGaalen, as well as Preoccupations, are on the same record label, Flemish Eye… so it’s all related somehow.
The thing with Preoccupations (singer/bassist Matt Flegel, guitarist Scott Munro, guitarist Daniel Christiansen, and drummer Mike Wallace), is that as great as they sound, they can’t get out of the shadow of their original controversial name of Viet Cong. The name was offensive to South Vietnamese and Americans who fought in the Vietnam war. With protests at some venues, including their first appearance in Minneapolis, at 7th Street Entry, in Sep 2015, the band did the right thing and changed their name to Preoccupations, stating “We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past.”
With that behind them, the band has released three albums under the Preoccupation name, the self-titled album, New Material and their 2022 album Arrangements. The new album is actually their best album to date, leaning more in rhymic chords, that they’ve described as “labyrinthine post-punk”.
The band must really love the new album, as the first part of their set was devoted solely on Arrangements. The remainder of their set seemed to draw mostly from their debut record, Viet Cong (“March of Progress”, “Silhouettes”, “Continental Shelf”, and “Death”)
Preoccupations’ new studio album Arrangements is out now.
Remaining Tour Dates
Oct 26th - Commonwealth - Calgary, AB
Oct 28th - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
Oct 29th - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
Oct 30th - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
Nov 2nd - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
Nov 4th - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5th - Valley - Phoenix, AZ
Nov 8th - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
Nov 9th - Parish - Austin, TX
Nov 10th - Three Links - Dallas, TX
Nov 12th - Aisle 5 - Atlanta, GA
Nov 16th - DC9 - Washington, DC
Nov 17th - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA
Nov 18th Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Nov 19th - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
Nov 21st - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Nov 22nd - Bar Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
Nov 24th - Lee’s - Toronto, ON
Feb 3rd - Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son
Feb 4th - Baden, CH @ One Of A Million Festival
Feb 7th - Margate, UK @ Elsewhere
Feb 8th - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Feb 9th - Hull, UK @ The New Adelphi Club
Feb 10th - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Feb 11th - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
February 12th - District - Liverpool, UK
February 13th - YES | Pink room - Manchester, UK
February 15th - Hare & Hounds - Birmingham, UK
February 16th - Scala - London, UK
February 18th - Petit Bain - Paris, FR
February 19th - AB Club - Brussels, BE
February 20th - L'Entrepôt - Arlon, BE
February 22rd - L'Aéronef - Lille, FR
February 23rd - EKKO - Utrecht, NL
February 24th - Badehaus - Berlin, DE
February 25th - UT Connewitz - Leipzig, DE
February 26th - Milla - Munich, DE
Oct 28th - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
Oct 29th - Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver, BC
Oct 30th - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
Nov 2nd - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA
Nov 4th - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5th - Valley - Phoenix, AZ
Nov 8th - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
Nov 9th - Parish - Austin, TX
Nov 10th - Three Links - Dallas, TX
Nov 12th - Aisle 5 - Atlanta, GA
Nov 16th - DC9 - Washington, DC
Nov 17th - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA
Nov 18th Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Nov 19th - Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
Nov 21st - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Nov 22nd - Bar Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
Nov 24th - Lee’s - Toronto, ON
Feb 3rd - Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son
Feb 4th - Baden, CH @ One Of A Million Festival
Feb 7th - Margate, UK @ Elsewhere
Feb 8th - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Feb 9th - Hull, UK @ The New Adelphi Club
Feb 10th - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Feb 11th - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
February 12th - District - Liverpool, UK
February 13th - YES | Pink room - Manchester, UK
February 15th - Hare & Hounds - Birmingham, UK
February 16th - Scala - London, UK
February 18th - Petit Bain - Paris, FR
February 19th - AB Club - Brussels, BE
February 20th - L'Entrepôt - Arlon, BE
February 22rd - L'Aéronef - Lille, FR
February 23rd - EKKO - Utrecht, NL
February 24th - Badehaus - Berlin, DE
February 25th - UT Connewitz - Leipzig, DE
February 26th - Milla - Munich, DE
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