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MUSIC REVIEW: SCATTERED TREES LIVE AT THE DENVER POST UMS
Chicago's Scattered Trees began as the solo project of Nate Eiesland. You might suspect this just listening to their songs because the lyrics sound very personal, like a flickering closed-circuit feed from the inside of one man's head. On stage, however, there is no trace of this specificity; if Eiesland didn't stop now and then to speak a few sentences on what the next song is going to be about, you'd think the band wrote their music in a 100% democratic manner (and perhaps they do, now that Eiesland's singular vision has grown into a group effort). In almost every case, the vocals are shared between Eiesland (also on guitar and keys), Ryne Estwing (bass), and Jason Harper (keys and guitar). Drummer Baron Harper (Jason's brother) may even have been singing along too; it was hard to see through the packed room. There would have been one more voice as well, if Alissa Eiesland (Nate's wife) hadn't been sadly absent that evening. The members of Scattered Trees play together so effortlessly that it's hard to imagine them playing with anyone else. They trade verses and choruses; whomever isn't leading at the moment singing pretty harmonies to round out the sound. They also switch instruments from song to song, and sometimes in the middle of one. It's complete musical equality — an admirable trait. One might imagine that their recently released album,
Music fans may know the band from their excellent online videos: “Four Days Straight” (directed by Markus Kneer), which shows the band performing in a practice space while a mysterious stain twists and spawns butterflies on the wall behind them; and “Love and Leave” (directed by J. M. Harper), which tells the absurd but surprisingly touching story of a storm trooper who falls in love with a Jedi princess. Festival-goers at the Denver Underground Music Showcase certainly knew them somehow, as they could be seen singing along to many of the lyrics.
The show took place at The Hi-Dive, known for its lineup of great local and nationally touring acts. It was day four of the festival, hot as hell, and everyone was having a splendid time. At a certain level of heat exhaustion, you just give in and let the music take you. It must have been boiling onstage as well, but the band played their hearts out, and the crowd loved it. The instrument and vocal change-ups gave an exciting and infectious sense of freedom, and the flame was fanned by moments such as the one in which Estwing dropped his bass, grabbed a mallet, and started playing along on the other side of the drum kit in perfect rhythm.
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"Dear God" went into regular rotation and became something of a mainstream hit. Not nearly enough people got to see XTC live before it became a studio band early in its career, but 120 Minutes made this band stars of underground music in the '80s.
This is probably the most powerful song about religious disillusionment since XTC's “Dear God” and Depeche Mode's “Blasphemous Rumours.” The pure falsetto vocals returned in “Bury the Floors,” and the set ended with the title track of the album,
So I really like Andy Partridge from XTC and Fred Frith. I've never been bothered about being a lead guitar player, someone who just twiddled away. KT: Yeah. Even if that melody is dissonant, it's still a melody. I don't mind playing solos,
Per molti gli XTC sono la band di «Dear God». Beh, non è così: sono coloro senza i quali forse i Police, i Blur e gli stessi Coldplay non sarebbero stati così grandi. Ma proprio perché questi «paradossi» hanno infilato quelle curvature dello
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