Thrash, brah.

After my band played a house show in Redmond, we headed to the Holy Mountain to see Past Lives. By the luck of timing, we arrived just before the first band, The Last Slice of Butter, played. They thrashed out a 20ish minute set of bass and drum noisy punk, with drummer Travis Coster and bassist Catalin (Vulcan?) alternating on vocals, sometimes not singing at all. For whatever reason, the sound was excellent, and you could hear the melodies that accompanied the craziness. There were a ton of people present at the show, like 200-300 people all there, some watching some socializing in other rooms. After a 20-30 minute wait, Talbot Tagora began their set. This band is crazy good. They too had a rhythmic punk sound, accentuated by young drummer, Ani Ricci’s erratic style. Every time I see Talbot Tagora, they get better. I don’t know how, but they always do. I was super stoked on the whole show. Past Lives played for like an hour, and to be honest, it seemed like too long; it was 1 in the morning when they finished, and I was tired. I liked their set fine, but it failed to captivate me in the same way that Talbot Tagora and the Last Slice of Butter did. I think because after too high-energy bands, the calmer sounds of Past Lives sort of lulled me off. Now not to say that Past Lives aren’t wild or fun, I just couldn’t get into it. Their new album came out that night. Its super good. Buy it.