My buddy went to the 10-30-2008 show in Boston (I think)... he had 4th row seats so I guess that was better than the Freakout.
Anyway he said they were hanging themselves on stage and doing all kinds of fucked up shit, I saw some pics he took and it looked like some kind of freak circus.
He convinced me to download a couple of their CDs maybe a year ago but I found them unlistenable.
peace!
which cds did you get? they have a *lot* of albums, and a lot of their old ones are hard to get into. to me, they are a really progressive band, and going backwards just isn\'t really possible...
they were part of the whole elephant 6 crew (olivia tremor control, neutral milk hotel etc) who basically made some of craziest organized chaos of music i\'ve ever heard.... thus, most of their early albums are pretty unlistenable....
however, the later albums that feature mostly kevin barnes\' influence (i think he recorded most of Hissing Fauna by himself) focus more on melodies and song structure vs. the abstract art of the earlier albums. you should really give Satanic Panic in the Attic and The Sunlandic Twins a shot ! they are a good jumping-in point.
it\'s kind of funny, because i didnt like many of their albums right off the bat, but with some repeated listening, it was more addicting than any band i\'ve ever been a fan of....
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