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Trails & Ways Setlist
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The bossa nova/indiepop band Trails and Ways made their first visit to the Twin Cities (according to rhythm guitarist/keys Keith Brown) at the Turf Club in St Paul, last night, June 24th. The four-piece band is currently on tour in support of their debut album Pathology, available now on Barsuk Records.
Oakland's Waterstrider opened the evening with "Black Blood", a rather slow song, but immediately picking up the pace with when Brijean Murphy (the Congas player) joined them on stage for the second song.
The five-piece band (however, a backup singer sixth band member joined them on tour) played plenty of songs from their 2015 album Nowhere Now, including the powerful title track that closed out their 30-min set.
There are two things you need to know about Trails and Ways: (1) Everybody, including the drummer, sings, and (2) they love music and they love playing music. The Oakland band first came to our attention when they did a series of cover lover songs in 2013, particularly a Portuguese version of Frank Ocean's "Lost".
The California band is now on tour in support of their debut full length album Pathology, available on Barsuk Records.
You can tell with the movie projector showing videos and images and live music set, that the band gave careful thoughts in the show's hour long presentation. The films sometime contains scenes of rivers and trees... something that the band admitted that they really love the lush green trees of the Midwest, having just taken the long drive from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
Since we already knew the band can sing in Portuguese, it wasn't a surprise to see that they've included a couple of Spanish-language songs on their set.
Highlight of their show for me was their song finale, "Mtn Tune", featuring a great guitar solo by Hannah Van Loon.
The two-song encore started with the Miguel cover "Sure Thing", and closing with their last song off Pathology called "Vines".
Trails and Ways' Pathology is out now on Barsuk Records.
Remaining tour dates:
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Waterstrider
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The five-piece band (however, a backup singer sixth band member joined them on tour) played plenty of songs from their 2015 album Nowhere Now, including the powerful title track that closed out their 30-min set.
There are two things you need to know about Trails and Ways: (1) Everybody, including the drummer, sings, and (2) they love music and they love playing music. The Oakland band first came to our attention when they did a series of cover lover songs in 2013, particularly a Portuguese version of Frank Ocean's "Lost".
The California band is now on tour in support of their debut full length album Pathology, available on Barsuk Records.
You can tell with the movie projector showing videos and images and live music set, that the band gave careful thoughts in the show's hour long presentation. The films sometime contains scenes of rivers and trees... something that the band admitted that they really love the lush green trees of the Midwest, having just taken the long drive from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
Since we already knew the band can sing in Portuguese, it wasn't a surprise to see that they've included a couple of Spanish-language songs on their set.
Highlight of their show for me was their song finale, "Mtn Tune", featuring a great guitar solo by Hannah Van Loon.
The two-song encore started with the Miguel cover "Sure Thing", and closing with their last song off Pathology called "Vines".
Trails and Ways' Pathology is out now on Barsuk Records.
Remaining tour dates:
06/26/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
06/27/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
07/09/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
07/10/15 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/11/15 Vancouver, BC Media Club
07/16/15 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
07/17/15 San Diego, CA The Hideout
07/18/15 Fresno, CA Peeve's Public House
07/25/15 San Jose, CA San Pedro Square Market
06/27/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
07/09/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
07/10/15 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/11/15 Vancouver, BC Media Club
07/16/15 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
07/17/15 San Diego, CA The Hideout
07/18/15 Fresno, CA Peeve's Public House
07/25/15 San Jose, CA San Pedro Square Market
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Trails and Ways at the Turf Club, St Paul (24 June 2015) |
