Slothrust w/ Weakened Friends, guest tba at 926 Bar - Tues Jan 21
Schedule
Tue, 21 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
926 Bar & Grill | Tallahassee, FL
Glory Days and Cow Haus Present: Boston’s SLOTHRUST come to Tallahassee on the 10 year anniversary tour for “Of Course You Do”, playing that album front to back plus other hits! With support from WEAKENED FRIENDS and d a special guest tba!
Tuesday January 21, 2025 @ 926 Bar & Grill
926 W Tharpe St Tallahassee, Fl
Doors open @ 7:00pm, show @ 8:00pm
$18.50 advance, $22 day of show
$2 under 21 fee at the door
all ages
Advance tickets go on sale Friday October 3 at 10am online at seetickets.us at this link: https://www.seetickets.us/event/SLOTHRUST-Weakened-Friends/622558
Tuesday January 21:
SLOTHRUST - Website: http://www.slothrust.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Slothrust/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slothrust/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLOTHRUST
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Nwhmo3adbTqPMCsgBgkf4
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@slothrust
WEAKENED FRIENDS - Website: https://www.weakenedfriends.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weakenedfriendsmusic/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weakenedfriends/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wkndfriends
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GA7XHdtdiTpR4gDWgADwK
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCSvx710uYMY1Nq6ht_0GABw
SLOTHRUST play "Of Course You Do" front to back!
There’s cover songs, and then there’s the many ways Leah Wellbaum and Will Gorin have flipped their favorite tracks over the past 15 years. Not just with their longtime band Slothrust either. The Sarah Lawrence grads first bonded over the blues, a way to apply the progressive lesson plans of teachers like Mike Longo — a pianist who played with such jazz pioneers as Dizzy Gillespie and Lee Konitz — to fearless riffs and rhythms that feel like total rewrites.
Gorin is quick to credit Longo’s “Three I’s” lesson — imitation, incubation, and innovation — in particular. The main takeaway? That the best music comes from building upon other people’s ideas, rather than simply replicating or revisiting them.
The clearest example of this would be the Slothrust record Show Me How You Want It to Be, a cover song compilation that dropped sand-blasted renditions of The Turtles (“Happy Together”) and Marcy’s Playground (“Sex and Candy”) alongside spare takes on Al Green (“Let’s Stay Together”) and Sam Cooke (“Cupid”).
Heading even further out into left field is the new EP I Promise, a wild ride that includes a raw performance of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and not one but four different recordings of the slo-mo smash “Pony.” The latter takes its cues from Ginuwine’s cassingle, which split its sides between a vibrant album version, drawn-out director’s cut, Timbaland’s iconic beat, and Ginuwine’s carnal a cappella.
Slothrust takes the track down two distinct paths built around the original’s three powerhouse chords and effervescent low end. One swings like a lithe slice of sludgy rock ‘n’ roll, and the other dives straight off the deep end for 10 extra minutes, playing to the pair’s strengths as well-rounded mind readers.
