This Friday marked our 3rd trip to the fair city of Madison, Wisconsin. Unfortunately, God decided to punish us for leaving the confines of the Twin Cities with his latest installment of frostbite inducing weather. I’ve lived in Minnesota for twenty nine years and I can handle cold with the best of them, but I have never wanted to kill an animal and reside in it for its warmth as much as I have in 08-09.
After a long five hour ride culminating a journey through the labyrinth that is downtown Madison, we ended up at The Frequency, which is a Cwn Annwn type of venue. Small, intimate, and devoid of placed you can hide when you don’t want to hear the band that’s playing. It was a smaller stage with a darker ambience. It was obvious that the place is run by people who love music as opposed to those who have dreams of one day turning it into a sports bar. T
his show was put on by Mike of the Adrenalin Metal Union (www.adrenalinmetalunion.com) Mike was gracious enough to include us on his globe-spanning metal compilation CD, and worked really hard to promote the show. Mike also was kind enough to allow a sleepy band and merch crew to crash in his living room after the show.
Joining us on stage was Murder of Sons from Appleton (www.myspace.com/murderofsons.) These guys were a bit younger and flashed some potential and promise. Headlining the evening was Dissent & Revolt (www.dissentandrevolt.com,) who were probably the nicest guys we have played with in damn near forever. They had opened up twice for one of our favorites, Dillinger Escape Plan, and it was relatively obvious why by their music. It was pretty frenetic and intense.
We debuted a new song entitled “Nova” which is pretty technically demanding. Outside of *once again* an untimely technical failure on my guitar, we played it pretty well. Julie’s vocals were particularly aggressive tonight. There wasn’t much room to bounce around on the small stage, but that usually means we’re going to play with a little more precision, which it seems like we did.
Thanks to Kara for making the trip with us to sell merch, and for Lisa coming out to take some pictures. Hopefully, we’ll have the photos on our own page and our myspace page sooner than later. This Saturday is we return to Station 4 for our friend Brian H’s 33rd birthday with Risingfall and Under Eden. Those with an affinity for facial hair will not be disappointed!
Neil
