Well, originally it was going to be a night booked by one of our favorites at the bar, Darin Bennett, but because he had come bedridden with one deadly case of the flu, we were missing him on that night.
In his stead, we had Fossil Face and Blue Night Haze, two bands who have some undeniable talent, and as opposed to other nights where bands are unique, these were bands talented in the traditional sense – as in, being adept with instruments and all being able to hold your traditional solo.
Fossil Face sounds like what would happen if Nick Cave teamed up with Primus, both of whom they list as influences. Fortunately, these are accurate sources of influence as opposed to bands who list “The Beatles” as an influence and sound absolutely nothing like them, musically or lyrically. FF definitely knows what they sound like and so this is a refreshing breath of self-awareness on the part of the musicians.
Blue Night Haze are a young group who list themselves as prog, and they do sound like one of those jam sessions you see go on for a long time at concerts in a park for some kind of benefit. I don’t know why that image comes to mind, but it does. They are currently searching for a bass player, but the show was able to hold its own for the most part with having just a guitar. They’ll be back next week, so I wonder how that will go.
