On the opening track of Trees Without Leaves' album, Don't Say Uh Uh!, a master of ceremonies comes on to announce the band, in grand fashion, before they come barreling out in full, goofy force. The over-the-top blues rock of Trees Without Leaves is indebted to the similarly winking tradition of groups like Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Tom Waits, and the bluesier elements of Captain Beefheart or, more recently, the positively hallucinatory soul of That Handsome Devil. The lead vocals of Stewie Crockett are howlingly absurd, hugely animated odes to those manic preachers that used to be spotted in stale, smoky nightclubs and barrooms lined with peanut shells. It's all a delirious mixture that lands somewhere in the area of doting homage and full-throated hysteria.
[The New Frontier Lounge, with Midnight Salvage Co., the Purrs, 9 p.m., cover TBA, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]
Comments for "Saturday, Jan. 28: Trees Without Leaves" (2)
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Jessie said on Jan. 26, 2012 at 6:40pm
These guys EFFFIN RAWK! Best kept secret in TTown!~!!!! Best Live Show in Tacoma!!!
Andy Childs said on Jan. 27, 2012 at 11:29am
Thanks to the Rev. for another great write up of my band. 2nd week in a row.
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